See also: décoré, décore, and decoré

English

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Etymology 1

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de- +‎ core

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To remove the core from.
    to decore a cabbage or an apple
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Etymology 2

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Compare French décorer. See decorate.

Verb

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

  1. (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.

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Galician

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Verb

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decore

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

Latin

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Adverb

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decōrē (comparative decōrius, superlative decōrissimē)

  1. properly, suitably
  2. beautifully, elegantly
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References

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  • 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

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Verb

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decore

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

Spanish

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Verb

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decore

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