About The Word Decorate

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Decorate

Decorate Meaning & Definition
Decorate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Decorate?

[v] provide with decoration; "dress the windows"
[v] make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
[v] award a mark of honor, as a medal, to
[v] be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Decorate: adorn | adorn | beautify | beautify | deck | dress | embellish | embellish | grace | grace | ornament

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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

See Also | alter | applique | arrange | award | bard | be | bead | bedeck | bedight | bedizen | begild | bejewel | beset | bespangle | blazon | braid | broider | caparison | change | color | colour | deck | dress | dress ship | dress up | emblazon | embroider | enamel | encrust | engild | festoon | filet | fillet | flag | fledge | flight | foliate | fret | fringe | garland | garnish | gild | glaze | hang | illuminate | illustrate | incrust | inlay | jewel | lacquer | landscape | ornament | panel | pipe | prank | redecorate | scallop | set up | smock | spangle | stucco | tart up | tinsel | trim | vermiculate | wreathe

Decorate In Webster's Dictionary

\Dec"o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decorated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decorating}.] [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.

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