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redecorate en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English decorate English redecorate From re- + decorate.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To change the appearance of a place by altering the decor.
    • Yeah, she said you had been helping her redecorate, that you had been to Parke Bernet, picking out a bureau. 1980, Paul Schrader, American Gigolo, spoken by Sunday (Hector Elizondo):
  2. (transitive) To refurbish.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
redecorates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
redecorating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
redecorated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
redecorated Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

redecorator