adorn

[ uh-dawrn ]

/ əˈdɔrn /

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verb (used with object)

to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments: garlands of flowers adorning their hair.

to make more pleasing, attractive, impressive, etc.; enhance: Piety adorned Abigail's character.

Words nearby adorn

adorable, adoral, adoration, adorbs, adore, adorn, adornment, adorno, adoula, adour, adowa

Origin of adorn

1325–75; Middle English adornen < Latin adōrnāre, equivalent to ad- ad- + ōrnāre to dress (see ornate); replacing late Middle English aourne < Middle French < Latin

SYNONYMS FOR adorn

1 beautify; deck, bedeck; bedizen, array.

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OTHER WORDS FROM adorn

a·dorn·er, nouna·dorn·ing·ly, adverbnon·a·dorn·er, nounnon·a·dorn·ing, adjective

o·ver·a·dorn, verb (used with object)o·ver·a·dorned, adjectivepre·a·dorn, verb (used with object)re·a·dorn, verb (used with object)re·a·dorn·ing, adjectiveself-a·dorn·ing, adjectivesu·per·a·dorn, verb (used with object)un·a·dorned, adjectivewell-a·dorned, adjective

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In return we lent the hospitable Post our halftones, and they adorned its first city edition next morning.
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Fans will doubtless flock to Austin to see that dress and two others that adorned Vivien Leigh.
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Finally, we came to the ornately carved temple portal itself, adorned with an image of a snake to its side.
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The adorned temple of Haldi was described as having multiple gates, where large numbers of animals were sacrificed.
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The front is likewise a copy, and when completed is to be adorned by a great mosaic costing 30,000 scudi.
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Then the dressing-table, adorned by a very small looking-glass, and a very large pincushion.
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Miss Lady pretended to effect a part in the few straggling hairs that adorned his forehead.
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He adorned the church there with manie rich iewels, and indowed the monasterie with great possessions.
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Roman vestibules were often supported by columns of costly marbles, and adorned with statues and other works of art.
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British Dictionary definitions for adorned

adorn

/ (əˈdɔːn) /

verb (tr)

to decorateshe adorned her hair with flowers

to increase the beauty, distinction, etc, of

Derived forms of adorn

adornment, noun

Word Origin for adorn

C14: via Old French from Latin adōrnāre, from ōrnāre to furnish, prepare

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