Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To dishonor; disgrace.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To bring to shame; to disgrace.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete, transitive To bring to shame; to disgrace.

Etymologies

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Latin dedecoratus, past participle of dedecorare to disgrace.

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