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decent \de"cent\ (d[=e]"sent), a. [L. decens, decentis, p. pr.
of decere to be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory,
honor, ornament, Gr. dokei^n to seem good, to seem, think;
cf. Skr. d[=a][,c] to grant, to give; and perh. akin to E.
attire, tire: cf. F. d['e]cent. Cf. {Decorate}, {Decorum},
{Deign}.]
1. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming;
fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent
language. --Shak.
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Before his decent steps. --Milton.
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2. Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.
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3. Comely; shapely; well-formed. [Archaic]
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A sable stole of cyprus lawn
Over thy decent shoulders drawn. --Milton.
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By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed. --Pope.
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4. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable;
fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a
decent fortune; a decent person.
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A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs.
--Burke.
-- {De"cent*ly}, adv. -- {De"cent*ness}, n.
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clothed \clothed\ adj.
1. wearing clothing. [Narrower terms: {adorned(predicate),
bedecked(predicate), decked(predicate), decked
out(predicate)}; {appareled, attired, clad, dressed,
garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed}; {arrayed,
panoplied}; {breeched, pantalooned, trousered};
{bundled-up}; {caparisoned}; {cassocked}: {costumed}:
{decent}] [Narrower terms: {dight}] [Narrower terms:
{dressed-up, dressed to the nines(predicate), dressed to
kill(predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up}]
[Narrower terms: {gowned}] [Narrower terms: {habited}]
[Narrower terms: {heavy-coated}] [Narrower terms:
{overdressed}] [Narrower terms: {petticoated}] [Narrower
terms: {red-coated, lobster-backed}] [Narrower terms:
{surpliced}] [Narrower terms: {togged dressed esp in smart
clothes)}] [Narrower terms: {turned out}] [Narrower terms:
{underdressed}] [Narrower terms: {uniformed}] [Narrower
terms: {vestmented}] Also See: {adorned}, {decorated}.
Antonym: {unclothed}.
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2. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
fog-cloaked meadows

Syn: cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped.
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