dedecorate

Latin dedecoratus, past participle of dedecorare (“to disgrace”).

dedecorate (third-person singular simple present dedecorates, present participle dedecorating, simple past and past participle dedecorated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To bring to shame; to disgrace.
   • 1665, George Thomson, Loimologia:

     dedecorate that illustrious profession I am called to, in hopes to save my self by a speedy discession

• “dedecorate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

dēdecorāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēdecorō