dize

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verb

To dress with flax for spinning, as a distaff; dizen.

OriginMiddle English *disen ← Old English *disan, *disian ← Proto-Germanic *disanō →
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Meanings

verbdize (third-person singular simple present dizes, present participle dizing, simple past and past participle dized)

present singular third person dizes · participle present dizing · participle past dized · past dized · alternative dise

  1. transitiveTo dress with flax for spinning, as a distaff; dizen.
  2. UKdialectaltransitiveTo put tow on a distaff.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*disanō“distaff”
  2. Old English*disan, *disian
  3. Middle English*disen
  4. Englishdize

From Middle English *disen, from Old English *disan, *disian, from *dise (“bunch of flax on a distaff”), from Proto-Germanic *disanō (“distaff”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Middle Dutch disen (“to dress or prepare a distaff with flax for spinning”), Middle Low German dise, disene (“bunch of flax, distaff”).

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APA

dize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dize

MLA

“dize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dize.

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