transitive verb.
To furnish, provide, or adorn with something ornamental; embellish.
transitive verb.
To confer a medal or other honor on.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To distinguish; grace; honor.
To deck with something becoming or ornamental; adorn; beautify; embellish: as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice.
To confer distinction upon by means of a badge or medal of honor: as, to decorate an artist with the cross of the Legion of Honor.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish
transitive verb.
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.