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e person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish. Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency. Job xl. 10. And deck my body in gay ornaments. Shak. The dew with spangles decked the ground. Dryden.

One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer; as, a table decker.

To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero with honors. Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets decora…

The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

Suited to decorate or embellish; adorning. -- Dec"o*ra*tive*ness, n. Decorative art, fine art which has for its end ornamentation, rather than the representation of objects or events.

One who decorates, adorns, or embellishes; specifically, an artisan whose business is the decoration of houses, esp. their interior decoration.

act; achievement; exploit. "Knightly deeds." Spenser. Whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn. Dryden.

ave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep. Shadowing squadrons deep. Milton. Safely in harbor Is the king's ship in the deep nook. Shak.

f the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action.

The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson.

To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.

loyed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.

A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna).

ved in the deluge. F. Harrison. After me the deluge. (Aprés moi le déluge.) Madame de Pompadour.

to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair. Upon this rub, the English embassadors thought fit to demur. Hayward.

The act of making one a denizen or adopted citizen; naturalization. Hallam.

to all or a part of the rights of citizenship, where he did not possess them by birth; an adopted or naturalized citizen.

party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another. Bouvier.

arry or demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun. Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner befor a prince. Pope.

In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Ps. cxli. 8. Totally destitute of all shadow of influence. Burke.