ADORN

v. n. a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive. As a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. Isa. lxi. 10. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place. Goldsmith.

2.
n.

Adornment. [Obs.] Spenser.

3.
a.

Adorned; decorated. [Obs.] Milton.


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