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decorate

verb
/ˈdɛkəɹeɪt/

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”).

  1. derived from decorātus
  2. derived from decorat

Definitions

  1. To furnish with decorations.

    • We decorated the Christmas tree with tinsel and baubles.

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

    • He was a decorated soldier who served in three wars.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. 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.

    2. decorated, adorned

The neighborhood

Derived

decoratable, decorative, decorator, decoratress, decoratrix, decorin, immunodecorate, misdecorate, overdecorate, redecorate, undecorate

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at decorate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at decorate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at decorate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA