decorate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Italian 2.1 Verb form

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[edit] Etymology

< Latin decoratus, pp. of decorare (“‘to adorn, distinguish, honor’”) < decus (“‘ornament, grace, dignity, honor’”), akin to decor (“‘elegance, grace, beauty, ornament’”) < decet (“‘adorn, befit’”).

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[edit] Verb

to decorate (third-person singular simple present decorates, present participle decorating, simple past and past participle decorated)

1. (transitive) To furnish with decorations.
2. (transitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of a house, room, office and so forth.
3. (computing) (transitive) (In some programming languages) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item.

   It makes sure that the field name argument is not empty, and that the field specified there is an actual existing field in the class which declares the method decorated with this attribute.

[edit] Derived terms

• decorative

[edit] Related terms

• decorator
• decoration

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[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of acdeeort
• recoated

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb form

decorate

1. second person plural present tense and imperative of decorare