Part 2826

<h1>Deconcoct</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>De`con*coct"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To decompose.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Deconsecrate</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>De*con"se*crate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To deprive of sacredness; to secularize.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>De*con`se*cra"tion</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Decorament</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>Dec"o*ra*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>decoramentum</ets>. See <er>Decorate</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Ornament.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Decorate</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>Dec"o*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Decorated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Decorating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>decoratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>decorare</ets>, fr. <ets>decus</ets> ornament; akin to <ets>decere</ets> to be becoming. See <er>Decent</er>.]</ety> <def>To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; <as>as, to <ex>decorate</ex> the person; to <ex>decorate</ex> an edifice; to <ex>decorate</ex> a lawn with flowers; to <ex>decorate</ex> the mind with moral beauties; to <ex>decorate</ex> a hero with honors.</as></def>

<blockquote>Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets <b>decorated</b> her arms. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To adorn; embellish; ornament; beautify; grace. See <er>Adorn</er>.</syn>

<cs><col>Decorated style</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a name given by some writers to the perfected English Gothic architecture; it may be considered as having flourished from about <sc>a. d</sc>. 1300 to <sc>a. d</sc>. 1375.</cd></cs>

<h1>Decoration</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>Dec`o*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>decoratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82coration</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament.</def>

<blockquote>The hall was celebrated for . . . the richness of its <b>decoration</b>. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.</def>

<cs><col>Decoration Day</col>, <cd>a day, May 30, appointed for decorating with flowers the graves of the Union soldiers and sailors, who fell in the Civil War in the United States; Memorial Day. <mark>[U.S.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Decorative</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>Dec"o*ra*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82coratif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Suited to decorate or embellish; adorning.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Dec"o*ra*tive*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<cs><col>Decorative art</col>, <cd>fine art which has for its end ornamentation, rather than the representation of objects or events.</cd></cs>

<h1>Decorator</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>Dec"o*ra`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82corateur</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who decorates, adorns, or embellishes; specifically, an artisan whose business is the decoration of houses, esp. their interior decoration.</def>

<h1>Decore</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>De*core"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82corer</ets>. See <er>Decorate</er>.]</ety> <def>To decorate; to beautify.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To <b>decore</b> and beautify the house of God. <i>E. Hall.</i></blockquote>