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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dizen \Diz"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dizened; p. pr. & vb. n. Dizening.] [Perh. orig., to dress in a foolish manner, and allied to dizzy: but cf. also OE. dysyn (Palsgrave) to put tow or flax on a distaff, i. e., to dress it. Cf. Distaff.] 1. To dress; to attire. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 2. To dress gaudily; to overdress; to bedizen; to deck out. [1913 Webster] Like a tragedy queen, he has dizened her out. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] To-morrow when the masks shall fall That dizen Nature's carnival. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]