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Webster 1913 Edition


Decorate

Dec′o-rate

(dĕk′ō̍-rāt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Decorated
(dĕk′ō̍-rāˊtĕd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Decorating
(dĕk′ō̍-rāˊtĭng)
.]
[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.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Decorate

DEC'ORATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. comeliness, grace.]

Definition 2024


decorate

decorate

English

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To furnish with decorations.
  2. (transitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of a house, room, office and so forth.
  3. (computing, transitive) (In some programming languages) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item.
    It makes sure that the field name argument is not empty, and that the field specified there is an actual existing field in the class which declares the method decorated with this attribute.

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Italian

Verb

decorate

  1. second-person plural present tense and imperative of decorare.

Latin

Verb

decorāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of decorō