dedecorate

English

Etymology

Latin dedecoratus, past participle of dedecorare (“to disgrace”).

Verb

dedecorate (third-person singular simple present dedecorates, present participle dedecorating, simple past and past participle dedecorated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To bring to shame; to disgrace.
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 dedecorate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Verb

dēdecorāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēdecorō
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