Defn: Act of deconcentrating. [R.]
DECONCOCT
De`con*coct", v. t.
Defn: To decompose. [R.] Fuller.
DECONSECRATE
De*con"se*crate, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of sacredness; to secularize.
— De*con`se*cra"tion, n.
DECORAMENT
Dec"o*ra*ment, n. Etym: [L. decoramentum. See Decorate, v. t.]
Defn: Ornament. [Obs.] Bailey.
DECORATE
Dec"o*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decorated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Decorating.] Etym: [L. decoratus, p. p. of decorare, fr. decus
ornament; akin to decere to be becoming. See Decent.]
Defn: To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero with honors. Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets decorated her arms. Thackeray.
Syn. — To adorn; embellish; ornament; beautify; grace. See Adorn. Decorated style (Arch.), a name given by some writers to the perfected English Gothic architecture; it may be considered as having flourished from about a. d. 1300 to a. d. 1375.