v. [f. BE- 1 + DECK.] trans. To deck about, to cover with ornament, to adorn.
a. 1566. R. Edwards, in Ellis, II. (R.). May bedecks each branch with green.
1628. trans. Camden’s Hist. Eliz., II. 251. That part of the Heaven … was bedecked with but few Stars.
1720. Gay, Poems (1745), II. 18. Three gold rings her skilful hand bedeck.
1850. Blackie, Æschylus, II. 173. Spear-pierced trophies, Argive harnesses, Bedeck their holy halls.
fig. 1559. Mirr. Mag., 187 (R.). So that I was bedeckt with double praise.
Hence Bedecked ppl. a., Bedecking ppl. a. and vbl. sb.
1671. Milton, Samson, 712. But who is this?… That, so bedecked, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing.
1588. Shaks., L. L. L., II. i. 79. Bedecking ornaments of praise.
1612. W. Parkes, Curtaine-Dr. (1876), 54. The wife in her faire ornaments and bedeckings.
