English → Latin
“bedeck” in Latin
ōrnōto furnish, equip, outfit, prepare; to adorn, ornament, decorate; to honor, commend, praiseexōrnōto equip, furnish, supply, provide; to adorn, embellish
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bedeck v.
ornare; exornare: with something, ornare or exornare, or distinguere aliqua re [SYN. in BEDIZEN]: excolere aliqua re or ornatu alicujus rei, e.g., the walls with marble, parietes marmoribus: a room with pictures, cubiculum tabularum pictarum ornatu. I bedeck myself to please you, me exorno, tibi ut placeam: the heavens bedecked with stars, caelum astris distinctum et ornatum: the shores bedecked with cities, litora urbibus distincta.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bedeck?
- The usual Latin words for “bedeck” are ōrnō, exōrnō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.