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decorate

verbadjectiveattested in dialogue

  • //ˈdɛkəɹeɪt//

To furnish with decorations.

verb

  1. 1

    To furnish with decorations.

    We decorated the Christmas tree with tinsel and baubles.

  2. 2

    To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.

    There's some paint left over from when we decorated the guest bedroom.

    We moved in over a month ago but we still haven't gotten started on decorating.

  3. 3

    To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.

    People tend to decorate for the holidays or special events.

  4. 4

    To honor by providing a medal, ribbon, or other adornment.

    He was decorated for his service in three wars.

  5. 5

    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.

Etymology

From Middle English decorat (“adorned”), from Latin decorātus, perfect passive participle of decorō (“to adorn, distinguish, honor”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from decus (“ornament, grace, dignity, honor”, decor- in compounds), akin to decor (“elegance, grace, beauty, ornament”), from decet (“adorn, befit”).

adjective

  1. 1

    archaicdecorated, adorned

Etymology

From Middle English decorat (“decorated, adorned”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Originally also used as the past participle of decorate; compare generate or communicate.

Forms

comparative
more decorate
superlative
most decorate
past tense
decorated
past participle
decorated
present participle
decorating
third person singular
decorates
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