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Definitions for Decorate
[1] to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish: to decorate walls with murals.
[2] to plan and execute the design, furnishings, and ornamentation of the interior of (a house, office, apartment, etc.), especially by selecting colors, fabrics, and style of furniture, by making minor structural changes, etc.: Their house is decorated in French Provincial style.
[3] to confer distinction upon by a badge, a medal of honor, etc.: to decorate a soldier for valor.
[4] (tr) to make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc
[5] to paint or wallpaper (a room, house, etc)
[6] (tr) to confer a mark of distinction, esp a military medal, upon
[7] (tr) to evaporate a metal film onto (a crystal) in order to display dislocations in structure
Words related to Decorate
trim, bedeck, illuminate, deck, brighten, grace, renovate, festoon, paint, adorn, perfect, finish, color, enrich, furbish, ornament, gild, burnish, idealize, enhance
Words nearby Decorate
deconstruction, decontaminate, decontamination, decontextualize, decontrol, decorate, decorated, decorated shed, decorated style, decoration, decoration day
Origin of Decorate
1375–1425; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin decorātus (past participle of decorāre ), equivalent to decor- (stem of decus ) an ornament, splendor, honor (see decent) + -ātus -ate1
Other words from Decorate
o·ver·dec·o·rate , verb, o·ver·dec·o·rat·ed, o·ver·dec·o·rat·ing.
re·dec·o·rate , verb, re·dec·o·rat·ed, re·dec·o·rat·ing.
un·dec·o·rate , verb (used with object) un·dec·o·rat·ed, un·dec·o·rat·ing.
Word origin for Decorate
C16: from Latin decorāre, from decus adornment; see decent
Synonyms for Decorate
adorn, bedeck, brighten, deck, do up, dress up, festoon, fix up, grace, illuminate, paint, renovate, spruce up, trim, bedizen, burnish, color, enhance, enrich, finish, furbish, garnish, gild, idealize, ornament, perfect, prank, add finishing touches, dress out, frill, gussy up, jazz up