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dec⋅o⋅rate

  [dek-uh-reyt]
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–verb (used with object), -rat⋅ed, -rat⋅ing.
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.), esp. 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.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME (adj.) < L decorātus (ptp. of decorāre), equiv. to decor- (s. of decus) an ornament, splendor, honor (see decent ) + -ātus -ate 1

Synonyms:
1. ornament, bedeck, trim, garnish, festoon.
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dec·o·rate   (děk'ə-rāt')   
tr.v.   dec·o·rat·ed, dec·o·rat·ing, dec·o·rates

  1. To furnish, provide, or adorn with something ornamental; embellish.

  2. To confer a medal or other honor on: was decorated for bravery.


[From Middle English decorat, made beautiful, from Latin decorātus, past participle of decorāre, to beautify, from decus, decor-, honor, ornament; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]
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decorate 
1460, from L. decoratus, pp. of decorare "to decorate," from decus (gen. decoris) "an ornament," from PIE base *dek- "to receive, be suitable" (see decent). Decoration in the sense of "star, cross, medal, or other badge of honor" is from 1816. Decorative is from 1791; decorator is first recorded 1755.
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