Definition of Decorete
Dec"o*rate (d&cr;k"&osl;*rāt), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Decorated
(d&cr;k"&osl;*rā`t&ebreve;d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Decorating (-rā`t&ibreve;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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To furnish with decorations.
- To improve the appearance of an interior of a house, room, office and so forth.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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