Decorate

dek′o-rāt, v.t. to ornament, to beautify: to honour with a badge or medal.— adj. Dec′orated .— n. Decorā′tion , ornament: badge of an order.— adj. Dec′orātive , ornamental.— ns. Dec′orātivene ; Dec′orātor .— Decorated style ( arch it. ), a style of Gothic architecture, elaborated and richly decorated, which prevailed till near the end of the 14th century.— Decoration Day , May 30th, when the memory of the soldiers who fell in the American Civil War of 1861-65 is honoured by the decoration of their graves, speeches, proce ions, . [L. decorāre , -ātum — dec us , what is becoming— decēre , to be becoming.]