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.

Decoration
(Dec`o*ra"tion) n. [LL. decoratio: cf. F. décoration.]

1. The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

2. That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament.

The hall was celebrated for . . . the richness of its decoration.
Motley.

3. 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.

Decoration Day, 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. [U.S.]

Decorative
(Dec"o*ra*tive) (dek"o*ra*tiv or -ra*tiv), a. [Cf. F. décoratif.] Suited to decorate or embellish; adorning. — Dec"o*ra*tive*ness, n.

Decorative art, fine art which has for its end ornamentation, rather than the representation of objects or events.

Decorator
(Dec"o*ra`tor) n. [Cf. F. décorateur.] One who decorates, adorns, or embellishes; specifically, an artisan whose business is the decoration of houses, esp. their interior decoration.

Decore
(De*core") v. t. [Cf. F. décorer. See Decorate.] To decorate; to beautify. [Obs.]

To decore and beautify the house of God.
E. Hall.

Deconsecrate
(De*con"se*crate) v. t. To deprive of sacredness; to secularize. — De*con`se*cra"tion n.

Decorament
(Dec"o*ra*ment) n. [L. decoramentum. See Decorate, v. t.] Ornament. [Obs.] Bailey.

Decorate
(Dec"o*rate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decorated (d&cr;k"o*ra`ted); p. pr. & vb. n. Decorating ] [L. decoratus, p. p. of decorare, fr. decus ornament; akin to decere to be becoming. See Decent.] 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.

Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets decorated her arms.
Thackeray.

Syn. — To adorn; embellish; ornament; beautify; grace. See Adorn.

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