Decorate

v. t.

1.

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. [imp. & p. p. Decorated (dĕk"ô*rā`tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Decorating (dĕk"ô*rā`tĭng).] Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets decorated her arms. - Thackeray. 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.

Verb	1.	decorate - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" Synonyms: adorn, grace, ornament, beautify, embellish
	2.	decorate - be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" Synonyms: deck, embellish, grace, adorn, beautify
	3.	decorate - award a mark of honor, as a medal, to
	4.	decorate - provide with decoration; "dress the windows" Synonyms: dress

To dream that you are decorating an area, signifies a favourable turn in business or studies and increased social pleasures.accouter, add, adjoin, affix, agglutinate, annex, append, appoint, array, attach, become one, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, burden, caparison, cite, complicate, conjoin, convolute, crown, crown with laurel, dandify, deck out, dizen, do honor, doll up, dress, dress up, elaborate, embellish, emblazon, embroider, encumber, equip, festoon, fig out, fix up, flourish, garnish, gild, glamorize, glue on, grace, gussy up, hitch on, honor, infix, involve, join with, load with ornament, ornament, overcharge, overlay, overload, 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, unite with, varnish, wallpaper

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