(v. t.) To deck with that which is ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to embellish\; to beautify; as, to decorate the person; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero with honors.

accouter add adjoin adorn affix agglutinate annex append appoint array attach beautify become one bedeck bedizen blazon burden caparison cite color complicate conjoin convolute crown crown with laurel dandify deck deck out dizen do honor doll up dress dress up elaborate embellish emblazon embroider encumber enrich equip festoon fig out fix up flourish furbish furnish garnish gild glamorize glue on grace gussy up hitch on honor infix involve join with load with ornament ornament overcharge overlay overload paint paste on pay regard to pay tribute plus postfix praise prank prank up preen prefix prettify pretty up primp primp up prink prink up put with redecorate redo refurbish render honor to renovate restore saddle with set off set out slap on smarten smarten up spruce up subjoin suffix superadd superpose tack on tag tag on titivate trick out trick up trim unite with varnish wallpaper