Decorate /(dĕk"ō̇*rāt)/
Dec·o·rate
Decorate
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Decorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decorating
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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.
Phrases & Compounds
- Decorated style
- 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.