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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)
.] 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.
Definition 2024
decorate
decorate
English
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 a house, room, office and so forth.
- (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.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:decorate
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to furnish with decorations
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to improve the appearance of a house, room, office and so forth