decore

See also: décoré, décore, and decoré

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-der.

English de-

Middle English core

English core

English decore

From de- + core.

Verb

decore (third-person singular simple present decores, present participle decoring, simple past and past participle decored)

(transitive) To remove the core from.
to decore a cabbage or an apple

Derived terms

decorer

Etymology 2

Compare French décorer. See decorate.

Verb

decore (third-person singular simple present decores, present participle decoring, simple past and past participle decored)

(obsolete) To decorate; to beautify.
- a. 1548 (date written), Edward Hall, Richard Grafton, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, […], London: […] Richardi Graftoni […], published 1548, →OCLC:
  To decore and illustre thesame assembly.

References

“decore”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Ceredo, recode, redeco

Galician

Verb

decore

inflection of decorar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Latin

Adverb

decōrē (comparative decōrius, superlative decōrissimē)

Related terms

Noun

decōre

ablative singular of decor

Noun

decore

ablative singular of decus

References

“decore”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“decore”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“decore”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

decore

inflection of decorar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

decore

inflection of decorar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative