decore
English
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editdecore (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
editEtymology 2
editCompare French décorer. See decorate.
Verb
editdecore (third-person singular simple present decores, present participle decoring, simple past and past participle decored)
- (obsolete) To decorate; to beautify.
- 1550, Edward Hall, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, Beyng Long in Continuall Discension for the Croune of this Noble Realme, […], London: […] Rychard Grafton, […] [and Steven Mierdman], →OCLC:
- To decore and illustre thesame assembly.
References
edit- “decore”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editGalician
editVerb
editdecore
- inflection of decorar:
Latin
editAdverb
editdecōrē (comparative decōrius, superlative decōrissimē)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “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
editVerb
editdecore
- inflection of decorar:
Spanish
editVerb
editdecore
- inflection of decorar:
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