Where does “drest” come from?
Drest is the archaic past tense and past participle of dress, from Old French dresser meaning to arrange or prepare, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *dressare, a derivative of Latin dirigere meaning to direct.
drest (English): Obsolete form of dressed; simple past tense and...
Definitions
- Obsolete form of dressed; simple past tense and...
Ancestry of “drest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | dressed | simple past tense and past participle of dress;... |
Words derived from “drest”