Crossword Dictionary
DECORATE
decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify - v
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
Synonyms
adorn, bedeck, brighten, deck, do up, dress up, festoon, fix up, grace, illuminate, paint, renovate, spruce up, trim, bedizen, burnish, color, enhance, enrich, finish, furbish, garnish, gild, idealize, ornament, perfect, prank
Examples
Carmen had been practicing with some basic equipment and managed to decorate a cake for Alex's birthday.
He'd never seen art of this kind, only the statues of his father's court and the multi-hued strands used to decorate homes.
Formerly known as the Toile de St Jean, it was used on certain feast days to decorate the nave of Bayeux cathedral.
Etymology
1520s, "deck with something becoming or ornamental, adorn, beautify," from Latin decoratus, past participle of decorare "to decorate, adorn, embellish, beautify," from decus (genitive decoris) "an ornament; grace, dignity, honor," from PIE root *dek- "to take, accept."