Decorate \Dec"o*rate\ (d[e^]k"[-o]*r[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Decorated (d[e^]k"[-o]*r[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Decorating (d[e^]k"[-o]*r[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. decoratus, p.
p. of decorare, fr. decus ornament; akin to decere to be
becoming. See Decent.]
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.
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Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets
decorated her arms. --Thackeray.
Syn: To adorn; embellish; ornament; beautify; grace. See
Adorn.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
decorate
v 1: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;
"Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself
for the special day" [syn: adorn, grace, ornament,
embellish, beautify]
2: be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables
everywhere" [syn: deck, adorn, grace, embellish, beautify]
3: award a mark of honor, as a medal, to
4: provide with decoration; "dress the windows" [syn: dress]
WordNet (r) 2.0
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "decorate":
accouter, add, adjoin, adorn, affix, agglutinate, annex, append,
appoint, array, attach, beautify, become one, bedeck, bedizen,
blazon, burden, caparison, cite, color, complicate, conjoin,
convolute, crown, crown with laurel, dandify, deck, deck out,
dizen, do honor, doll up, dress, dress up, elaborate, embellish,
emblazon, embroider, encumber, enrich, equip, festoon, fig out,
fix up, flourish, furbish, furnish, garnish, gild, glamorize,
glue on, grace, gussy up, hitch on, honor, infix, involve,
join with, load with ornament, ornament, overcharge, overlay,
overload, paint, paste on, pay regard to, pay tribute, plus,
postfix, praise, prank, prank up, preen, prefix, prettify,
pretty up, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, put with, redecorate,
redo, refurbish, render honor to, renovate, restore, saddle with,
set off, set out, slap on, smarten, smarten up, spruce up, subjoin,
suffix, superadd, superpose, tack on, tag, tag on, titivate,
trick out, trick up, trim, unite with, varnish, wallpaper
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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