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DECORATED
adorned, decorated
(adjective) provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
decorated
simple past tense and past participle of decorate
Adjective
decorated (comparative more decorated, superlative most decorated)
Having had decorations applied; adorned with attractive items.
Source: Wiktionary
DECORATE
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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