Adorn

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To lend beauty to: "the pale mimosas that adorned the favorite promenade” ( Ronald Firbank).
  • v. To enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments: "[He] requires the presence of titles to legitimate and adorn . . . his imperfect status” ( Cynthia Ozick).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.
  • n. Adornment.
  • adj. Adorned; decorated.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To beautify or decorate; increase or lend beauty or attractiveness to, as by dress or ornaments; hence, in general, to render pleasing, or more pleasing or attractive; embellish.
  • To display the beauty or excellence of: as, to “adorn the doctrine of God,” Tit. ii. 10.
  • n. Ornament.
  • Adorned; decorated.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. be beautiful to look at
  • v. furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
  • v. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
  • Verb Form
    adorned    adornement    adorning    adorns   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    equip    fit    outfit    fit out   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    grace    decorate    honor    beautify    dignify    ornament    embellish    deck    exalt    adornment   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Born    Horn    Horne    Lorne    Thorn    Thorne    aborn    born    borne    bourn   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts