decore
English
Etymology 1
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
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.
- E. Hall
- To decore and beautify the house of God.
- E. Hall
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- Ceredo, recode, redeco
Latin
Adverb
decōrē (comparative decōrius, superlative decōrissimē)
- properly, suitably
- 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
Portuguese
Verb
decore
- first-person singular present subjunctive of decorar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of decorar
- third-person singular imperative of decorar
Spanish
Verb
decore
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of decorar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of decorar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of decorar.