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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.]
Translations
decorating [ˈdekəreɪtɪŋ] N I got someone in to do the decoratingtraje a una persona para que pintara/empapelara la casa
interior decoratingdecoración f de interiores, interiorismo m
decorating [ˈdɛkəreɪtɪŋ] n (= painting and papering) → peinture f et tapisserie f
I did a lot of the decorating myself → J'ai fait une grande partie de la peinture et de la tapisserie moi-même.
decorating
nTapezieren nt; (= painting)Streichen nt
decorating [ˈdɛkəˌreɪtɪŋ] n to do some decoratingmettere la carta da parati (e pitturare)
decorating [ˈdɛkəˌreɪtɪŋ] n to do some decoratingmettere la carta da parati (e pitturare)


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Franklin sent to London for the materials; mixed them up, with accompaniment of a smell which made the very dogs sneeze when they came into the room; put an apron and a bib over Miss Rachel's gown, and set her to work decorating her own little sitting-room--called, for want of English to name it in, her "boudoir.
Indeed, I recognised it as being of a Parisian design as yet little known in England; while on the tops of the stockings I laughingly suspected a border designed by a certain eccentric artist, who devotes his strange gifts to decorating with fascinating miniatures the under-world of woman.
Some private individual -- a Pentagon whose name is variously reported -- having casually discovered the constituents of the simpler colours and a rudimentary method of painting, is said to have begun decorating first his house, then his slaves, then his Father, his Sons, and Grandsons, lastly himself.
 
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