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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishadornen,adournen, fromLatinadōrnāre; fromad +‎ōrnō(furnish, embellish). Seeadore,ornate. Replaced earlierMiddle Englishaournen(to adorn) borrowed fromOld Frenchaorner, from the same Latin source.

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Verb

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adorn (third-person singular simple presentadorns,present participleadorning,simple past and past participleadorned)

  1. To make more beautiful and attractive; todecorate.
    Synonyms:beautify,bedeck,decorate,deck,grace,ornament,prettify;see alsoThesaurus:decorate
    a manadorned with noble statuary and columns
    a characteradorned with every Christian grace
    A gallery of paintings wasadorned with the works of some of the great masters.

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Translations

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to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate

Noun

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adorn

  1. (obsolete)adornment

Adjective

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adorn

  1. (obsolete)adorned;ornate
    • 1667,John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, inParadise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker [];[a]nd by Robert Boulter [];[a]nd Matthias Walker, [],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [],1873,→OCLC:
      And to realities yield all her shows:
      Made soadorn for thy delight the more

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