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Definition of Decorates
1. decorate [v] - See also: decorate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decorates
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. ..."