decore

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See also: décoré, décore, and decoré

English

Etymology 1

From 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 or an apple
Derived terms

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.
    • 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, , →OCLC:
      To decore and illustre thesame assembly.

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Anagrams

Galician

Verb

decore

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

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

Spanish

Verb

decore

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