Dizening

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dizen \Diz"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dizened}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Dizening}.] [Perh. orig., to dress in a foolish manner, and
     allied to dizzy: but cf. also OE. dysyn (Palsgrave) to put
     tow or flax on a distaff, i. e., to dress it. Cf. {Distaff}.]
     1. To dress; to attire. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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     2. To dress gaudily; to overdress; to bedizen; to deck out.
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              Like a tragedy queen, he has dizened her out.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
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              To-morrow when the masks shall fall
              That dizen Nature's carnival.         --Emerson.
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