redecorate

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verb

To change the appearance of a place by altering the decor.

OriginEnglish decorate ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbredecorate (third-person singular simple present redecorates, present participle redecorating, simple past and past participle redecorated)

present singular third person redecorates · participle present redecorating · participle past redecorated · past redecorated

  1. transitiveTo change the appearance of a place by altering the decor.

    Yeah, she said you had been helping her redecorate, that you had been to Parke Bernet, picking out a bureau.

    1980, Paul Schrader, American Gigolo, spoken by Sunday (Hector Elizondo)
  2. transitiveTo refurbish.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
variegate

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishdecorate
  7. Englishredecorate

From re- + decorate.

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Cite this entry
APA

redecorate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redecorate

MLA

“redecorate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redecorate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redecorate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redecorate.

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