v.tr. 1 provide with adornments. 2 provide (a room or building) with new paint, wallpaper, etc. 3 serve as an adornment to. 4 confer an award or distinction on. Decorated style Archit. the second stage of English Gothic (14th c.), with increasing use of decoration and geometrical tracery.
[ L decorare decorat- f. decus -oris beauty ]