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di·zen

 (dī′zən, dĭz′ən)
tr.v. di·zened, di·zen·ing, di·zens Archaic
To deck out in fine clothes and ornaments; bedizen.

[Possibly Middle Dutch disen, to prepare a distaff with flax for spinning, from Middle Low German dise, disene, bunch of flax.]

di′zen·ment n.
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dizen

(ˈdaɪzən)
vb
an archaic word for bedizen
[C16: from Middle Dutch dīsen to dress a distaff with flax; see distaff]
ˈdizenment n
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di•zen

(ˈdaɪ zən, ˈdɪz ən)

v.t. Archaic.
to bedizen.
[1520–30; dis- bunch of flax on a distaff + -en1]
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dizen


Past participle: dizened
Gerund: dizening

Imperative
dizen
dizen
Present
I dizen
you dizen
he/she/it dizens
we dizen
you dizen
they dizen
Preterite
I dizened
you dizened
he/she/it dizened
we dizened
you dizened
they dizened
Present Continuous
I am dizening
you are dizening
he/she/it is dizening
we are dizening
you are dizening
they are dizening
Present Perfect
I have dizened
you have dizened
he/she/it has dizened
we have dizened
you have dizened
they have dizened
Past Continuous
I was dizening
you were dizening
he/she/it was dizening
we were dizening
you were dizening
they were dizening
Past Perfect
I had dizened
you had dizened
he/she/it had dizened
we had dizened
you had dizened
they had dizened
Future
I will dizen
you will dizen
he/she/it will dizen
we will dizen
you will dizen
they will dizen
Future Perfect
I will have dizened
you will have dizened
he/she/it will have dizened
we will have dizened
you will have dizened
they will have dizened
Future Continuous
I will be dizening
you will be dizening
he/she/it will be dizening
we will be dizening
you will be dizening
they will be dizening
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dizening
you have been dizening
he/she/it has been dizening
we have been dizening
you have been dizening
they have been dizening
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dizening
you will have been dizening
he/she/it will have been dizening
we will have been dizening
you will have been dizening
they will have been dizening
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dizening
you had been dizening
he/she/it had been dizening
we had been dizening
you had been dizening
they had been dizening
Conditional
I would dizen
you would dizen
he/she/it would dizen
we would dizen
you would dizen
they would dizen
Past Conditional
I would have dizened
you would have dizened
he/she/it would have dizened
we would have dizened
you would have dizened
they would have dizened
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.dizen - dress up garishly and tastelessly
attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up, gussy up, overdress, prink, get up - put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
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