v. [f. BE- + DRESS.] trans. To dress up. Hence Bedressed ppl. a.
1821. Combe (Dr. Syntax), Wife, v. (D.). The bride … had bedress’d Her upright form in all her best.
1863. G. Calvert, Gentlem., i. 8. Let no bedressed, bescented passer curl his lip.
v. [f. BE- + DRESS.] trans. To dress up. Hence Bedressed ppl. a.
1821. Combe (Dr. Syntax), Wife, v. (D.). The bride … had bedress’d Her upright form in all her best.
1863. G. Calvert, Gentlem., i. 8. Let no bedressed, bescented passer curl his lip.
