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  • verb transitive To cover; cover over; bedeck.
  • verb transitive To cover with thatch; thatch.

Etymologies

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From Middle English bithecchen, from Old English beþeccan ("to cover, protect, cover over, conceal"), equivalent to be- +‎ thatch. Cognate with Dutch bedekken ("to cover"), German bedecken ("to cover"). More at bedeck.

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