dyed
English
editPronunciation
editVerb
editdyed
- simple past and past participle of dye
- Obsolete spelling of died.
- 1651, William Bradford, The names of those which came over first, in the year 1620, and were (by the blessing of God) the first beginners, and (in a sort) the foundation, of all the plantations, and Colonies, in New England (And their families).:
- Thomas Tinker, and his wife and sone, all dyed in the first sicknes.
Adjective
editdyed (comparative more dyed, superlative most dyed)
- Coloured or tinted with dye, or as though therewith.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 6:
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 23:15:
- Girded with girdles vpon their loynes, exceeding in dyed attire vpon their heads, all of them princes to looke to, after the maner of the Babylonians of Caldea, the land of their natiuitie:
Derived terms
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editcolored with dye
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