different between beautify vs decore

English

Etymology

From Middle English beutifien, from Old French beaute (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fine”), + -ify, from Latin facio (“make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bju?.t?.fa?/

Verb

beautify (third-person singular simple present beautifies, present participle beautifying, simple past and past participle beautified)

1. (transitive) To make beautiful, or to increase the beauty of.
2. (intransitive, rare) To become beautiful.

Synonyms

• adorn
• decorate
• ornament
• prettify

Antonyms

• uglify

Related terms

• beautification
• beautifier
• beautifiable
• glorify

Translations

English

Etymology 1

de- +? core

Verb

decore (third-person singular simple present decores, present participle decoring, simple past and past participle decored)

1. (transitive) To remove the core from.

   to decore a cabbage

Etymology 2

Compare French décorer. See decorate.

Verb

decore (third-person singular simple present decores, present participle decoring, simple past and past participle decored)

1. (obsolete) To decorate; to beautify.
   • E. Hall

     To decore and beautify the house of God.

Anagrams

• Ceredo, recode, redeco

Latin

Adverb

dec?r? (comparative dec?rius, superlative dec?rissim?)

1. properly, suitably
2. beautifully, elegantly

Related terms

• decor
• decor?
• decor?sus
• dec?rum
• dec?rus

References

• decore in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• decore in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• decore in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

decore

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of decorar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of decorar
3. third-person singular imperative of decorar

Spanish

Verb

decore

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of decorar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of decorar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of decorar.