verb · transitive · rare

dize

dize · dizes · dized · dizing

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

Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To dress with flax for spinning, as a distaff; dizen.
(UK, dialectal, transitive)To put tow on a distaff.

Origin

From Middle English *disen, from Old English *disan, *disian, from *dise (“bunch of flax o

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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Forms

dizes, dizing, dized, dized

Base form	dize · to dize
3rd person singular	dizes
Present participle	dizing
Past simple	dized
Past participle	dized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	dize
he, she, it	dizes

Past simpleLesson

all persons

dized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have dized
he, she, it	has dized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will dize

Word family

1 related words

Relateddizen

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle