Definition of Decorates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of decorate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Decorates

1. decorate [v] - See also: decorate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decorates

deconvoluting
deconvolution
deconvolution microscopy
deconvolutions
deconvolve
deconvolved
deconvolves
deconvolving
decoquinate
decor
decorable
decorament
decoraments
decorate
decorated
decorates (current term)
decorating
decoration
decorations
decorative
decoratively
decorativeness
decoratives
decorator
decorators
decore
decorement
decorements
decorin
decorous

Literary usage of Decorates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Sanity of Art by Bernard Shaw (1895)
"... and the little bouquets of color with which he sometimes decorates his female sitters, exquisite as the best of them are, have the character of enamel, ..."

2. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages by Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton, Irving Stone (1894)
"FRESH SCHISM IN THE CHURCH—SYNODUS PALMARIS— PARTY STRUGGLES IN ROME—SYMMACHUS decorates S. PETER'S — BUILDS THE ROUND CHAPEL OF S. ANDREAS, THE BASILICA OF ..."

3. Sir Joshua and His Circle by Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy (1906)
"... called Count—She decorates the houses built by the brothers Adam—Hone's picture—Angelica's letter to him—She marries Antonio Zucchi—The unromantic union ..."

4. Women Artists in All Ages and Countries by Elizabeth Fries Ellet (1859)
"The Saint of Bologna."—Miraculous Painting.—The warrior Maiden Onorata. —decorates the Palace at Cremona.—Insult offered her. ..."

5. The Life and Times of Titian: With Some Account of His Family by Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, Joseph Archer Crowe (1881)
"CHAPTER I. Rivalry of Titian and Pordenone.—Pordenone decorates the Public Library, and Titian loses his Broker's Patent. ..."

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