decore

See also: décoré, décore, and decoré

English

Etymology 1

de- +‎ core

Verb

1. (transitive) To remove the core from.

   to decore a cabbage

Etymology 2

Compare French décorer. See decorate.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To decorate; to beautify.
   • E. Hall

     To decore and beautify the house of God.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “decore”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Ceredo, recode, redeco

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Latin

Adverb

decōrē (comparative decōrius, superlative decōrissimē)

1. properly, suitably
2. beautifully, elegantly

Related terms

• decor
• decorō
• decorōsus
• decōrum
• decōrus

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.

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Portuguese

Verb

decore

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of decorar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of decorar
3. third-person singular imperative of decorar

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Spanish

Verb

decore

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of decorar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of decorar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of decorar.