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adorn Definition

adorn (ə dôrn)

transitive verb

  1. to be an ornament to; add beauty, splendor, or distinction to
  2. to put decorations on; ornament

Etymology: ME adornen (altered after L) < OFr aourner < L adornare < ad-, to + ornare, to fit out: see ornament

adorn Synonyms

adorn

v.

beautify, embellish, ornament, enhance; see decorate. See syn. study atdecorate.

adorn Usage Examples

Object

  • wall: The walls adorned with pictures of every type of boat.
  • bride: The tradition of adorning a bride 's hair during wedding ceremonies has existed since Anglo-Saxon times.
  • doctrine: We want to adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.
  • palace: The Maltese Crosses which adorned the palace had not been moved and the was adopted as the symbol of the pages.
  • heaven: For the star is the spark of consciousness now nurtured into a blazing light which ' adorns the heavens ' .
  • ceiling: Latin inscriptions in praise of the Virgin adorn the wooden ceiling.

Preposition: with

  • carving: Some rare contemporary museum exhibits are adorned with carvings.
  • ribbon: Carry a single red rose adorned with a ribbon.
  • mural: Both bridges are adorned with steel murals facing the traffic below, depicting either canal boats or steam trains.
  • statue: A long winding drive, with banks of rare shrubs on either side, opened out into a great graveled square adorned with statues.
  • lace: It is adorned with a delicate lace trim and ties elegantly under the bust.
  • feather: Answer: Time My posterior is adorned with feathers.

Adjective complement

  • most: It soon became apparent that this is their slogan for Japan, with it adorning most of their advertising.

Modifying Another Word

  • richly: The whole of this suite of rooms is richly adorned with carvings in wood.
  • beautifully: By mid-afternoon we had reached The Ranch, Pietersburg, a beautifully adorned garden lodge in an area of dry grassland.
  • once: There could be no doubt that that circlet of plain gold had once adorned the finger of a bride.
  • regularly: The fact they regularly adorn the covers of the major organ magazines suggests that many people agree.
  • now: The Millenium lamps which now adorn all the Kelvin Bridges, look very nice.
  • still: By then Isaac had built a handsome Georgian front to the mill house ( his initials still adorn the side wall ).

Preposition: in

  • manner: At Christmas the church was adorned in an especially solemn manner.

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