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Definition of bedeck verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

bedeck

verb

NAmE//bɪˈdɛk//

[usually passive] bedeck something/somebody (with/in something) (literary)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they bedeck

he / she / it bedecks

past simple bedecked

-ing form bedecking

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to decorate something or someone with flowers, flags, precious stones, etc. The entrance hall was bedecked with trees and tropical plants. a flower-bedecked balcony

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