decore

See also: décoré, décore, and decoré

English

Etymology 1

de- + core

Verb

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

Etymology 2

Compare French décorer. See decorate.

Verb

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

  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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams


Latin

Adverb

decōrē (comparative decōrius, superlative decōrissimē)

  1. properly, suitably
  2. beautifully, elegantly

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

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

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.
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