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dec·o·rate  (dk-rt)
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 decortus, past participle of decorre, to beautify, from decus, decor-, honor, ornament; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]
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Adj.1.decorated - provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction
adorned
clad, clothed - wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination; "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible; "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in white"; "white-clad nurses"
fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"


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