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▪ I. † deˈdecorate, a. Obs.
[ad. L. dēdecorāt-us, pa. pple. of dēdecorāre to disgrace; see next.]
Disgraced, disgraceful.
15..Phylogamus in Skelton's Wks. (1843) I. p. cxvi, O poet..Dedecorate and indecent, Insolent and insensate.
▪ II. dedecorate, v.|dɪˈdɛkəreɪt|
[f. L. dēdecorāt-, ppl. stem of dēdecorāre to disgrace, f. dēdecus, dēdecor- disgrace, f. de- I. 6 + decus, decor-, grace, etc. In sense 2, f. de- II. 1 + decorate.]
†1. trans. To disgrace, dishonour. Obs.
1609J. Davies Holy Roode 13 (D.) Why lett'st weake Wormes Thy head dedecorate With worthlesse briers, and flesh-transpiercing thornes? 1623Cockeram, Dedecorate, to dishonor, or shame one.
2. To disfigure; to do the opposite of decorating.
1804Syd. Smith Mor. Philos. xi. (1850) 137 If a tradesman..were to slide down gently into the mud, and de⁓decorate a pea green coat. 1887Spectator 25 June 867/1 The vulgar and misleading caricatures which de-decorate these admirable chapters. |