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decore en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Middle English core English core English decore From de- + core.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To remove the core from.
    • to decore a cabbage or an apple

Forms

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decores Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
decored Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
decored Tense=Past lexicographic
decoring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

decorer

decore en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

Compare French décorer. See decorate.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) To decorate; to beautify.
    • To decore and illustre thesame assembly. a. 1548 (date written), Edward Hall, Richard Grafton, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, […], London: […] Richardi Graftoni […], published 1548, →OCLC:

Forms

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decores Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
decoring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
decored Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
decored Tense=Past lexicographic