DECORATE

dress, decorate

(verb) provide with decoration; “dress the windows”

decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify

(verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; “Decorate the room for the party”; “beautify yourself for the special day”

decorate

(verb) award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to; “He was decorated for his services in the military”

deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify

(verb) be beautiful to look at; “Flowers adorned the tables everywhere”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

decorate (third-person singular simple present decorates, present participle decorating, simple past and past participle decorated)

(transitive) To furnish with decorations.

(transitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.

(intransitive) To decorate an interior space, as a house, room, or office.

(transitive) To honor by providing a medal, ribbon, or other adornment.

(programming, transitive) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item.

Synonyms

• See also decorate

Anagrams

• recoated

Source: Wiktionary

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Dec"o*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decorating.] Etym: [L. decoratus, p. p. of decorare, fr. decus ornament; akin to decere to be becoming. See Decent.]

Definition: To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero with honors. Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets decorated her arms. Thackeray.

Syn.

– To adorn; embellish; ornament; beautify; grace. See Adorn. Decorated style (Arch.), a name given by some writers to the perfected English Gothic architecture; it may be considered as having flourished from about a. d. 1300 to a. d. 1375.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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