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adorn

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Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/əˈdɔɹn/(US)
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/əˈdɔɹn/(US) · /əˈdɔː(ɹ)n/(UK)

Definition of adorn

3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
    “a man adorned with noble statuary and columns”
    “a character adorned with every Christian grace”
    “A gallery of paintings was adorned with the works of some of the great masters.”
    “as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels”
    “At church, with meek and unaffected grace, / His looks adorned the venerable place; / Truth from his lips prevailed with double ſway, / And fools, who came to ſcoff, remained to pray.”
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verb

  1. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
    “a man adorned with noble statuary and columns”
    “a character adorned with every Christian grace”
    “A gallery of paintings was adorned with the works of some of the great masters.”
    “as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels”
    “At church, with meek and unaffected grace, / His looks adorned the venerable place; / Truth from his lips prevailed with double ſway, / And fools, who came to ſcoff, remained to pray.”

noun

  1. (obsolete)adornment
    “Her brest all naked, as nett yvory Without adorne of gold or silver bright”

adj

  1. (obsolete)adorned; ornate
    “And to realities yield all her shows: Made so adorn for thy delight the more”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English adornen, adournen, from Latin adōrnāre; from ad- + ōrnō (“furnish, embellish”). See adore, ornate. Replaced earlier Middle English aournen (“to adorn”) borrowed from Old French aorner, from the same Latin source.

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