ornament
noun
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part.
had ornamented
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past perfectof ornament.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Viushin had ornamented his hat with a long streamer of crimson ribbon, which floated gayly in the wind like a whip-pennant.
From Tent Life in Siberia by George Kennan
In the interior of the house my eyes were chiefly attracted by a series of Roman views, with which my father had ornamented an ante-room.
From Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life by John Oxenford
The shrubbery was no longer a dismal mass of darkness, but showed all manner of shadings of glossy green leaves, which the moisture of the night had ornamented with shimmering edges of crystal beads.
From A Romance of the Republic by Lydia Maria Francis Child
They had ornamented the roof of the house with a white flag, following the custom then prevailing in those parts threatened by the enemy.
From With Steyn and De Wet by Philip Pienaar
Near the base of Lycabettus was a sacred inclosure which Pericles had ornamented with fountains.
From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker
