Chapter Deceive to Defer of D by Soule's Synonymes

Decoration, n.

1. Adorning, decking, ornamenting, ornamentation, embellishing, embellishment, beautifying, enriching, enrichment, garnishing.

2. Ornament, embellishment, adornment, enrichment.

Decorous, a. Decent, becoming, suitable, proper, befitting, seemly, comely, fit.

Decorum, n. Decency, propriety, seemliness, appropriate behavior, dignified behavior, dignity.

Decoy, v. a. Allure, lure, entice, inveigle, seduce, tempt, entrap, ensnare.

Decoy, n. Lure, allurement.

Decoy-pigeon, n. Stool-pigeon.

Decoy-rogue, n. See Stool-Pigeon.

Decrease, v. n. Diminish (gradually), lessen, wane, decline, ebb, subside, dwindle, contract, abate, grow less.

Decrease, v. a. Diminish, lessen, retrench, curtail, reduce, lower, make less.

Decrease, n. Diminution, lessening, decrement, reduction, wane or waning, declension, decline, ebb, ebbing, subsidence, contraction, abatement.

Decree, v. a. Order, ordain, appoint, enjoin, command, determine, decide, enact.

Decree, n. Edict, enactment, regulation, law, order, mandate, fiat, ordinance, statute.

Decrement, n. Decrease, diminution, lessening, waste, loss.

Decrepit, a. Superannuated, effete, shattered, worn or broken down with age, infirm through age.

Decrepitate, v. n. Crackle, snap, crepitate.

Decrepitude, n. Infirmity of age, decline of life.

Decrial, n. Condemnation, disparagement, depreciation, crying down.

Decry, v. a. Disparage, depreciate, discredit, condemn, traduce, cry down, run down, bring into disrepute, bring discredit on.

Decuple, a. Tenfold.

Decuple, v. a. Increase tenfold, multiply by ten, make ten times as great.

Decussate, v. a. Intersect, cross, divide cross-wise.

Decussate, Decussated, a. Crossed, intersected, reticulated.

Decussation, n. Crossing, intersection.