To adorn with flowers or floral designs; to decorate elaborately with flower patterns or motifs.
From Latin 'floratus' (adorned with flowers) combined with the English suffix '-ate.' The term suggests ornamentation inspired by floral patterns and flower imagery.
Medieval illuminated manuscripts were intensely floreated with intricate botanical illustrations, and modern genetic analysis shows medieval artists' botanical accuracy was often surprisingly scientific.
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