Definition of Adorn

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Adorn Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Adorn
(v. t.)
To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.
  
(n.)
Adornment.
  
(a.)
Adorned; decorated.
  

WordNet 2.0
adorn

Verb
1. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
(synonym) decorate, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) wreathe
(verb-group) ornament
(derivation) adornment
2. be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
(synonym) deck, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) ornament
(derivation) adornment
3. furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
(synonym) invest, clothe
(hypernym) equip, fit, fit out, outfit

Anagram
adorn
radon

hEnglish - advanced version
adorn

adorn
\a*dorn"\ (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. adorned (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. adorning.] [oe. aournen, anournen, adornen, of. aorner, fr. l. aaornare; ad + ornare to furnish, embellish. see adore, ornate.] 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. lxi. 10. at church, with meek and unaffected grace, his looks adorned the venerable place.


JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Eirioni
Eirioni = v. to adorn with jewels

Harddu
Harddu = v. to adorn

Ymharddu
Ymharddu = v. to adorn one's self

Ymwychu
Ymwychu = v. to adorn one's self


Adorn Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

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Adorn Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Adorn
Adorn may refer to:
  • Adorn (Middle-earth), a river of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
  • Barnstar, a decorative piece in the shape of a five-point star used to adorn the barn
  • Fretwork, an interlaced decorative design that is either carved in low relief on a solid background, or cut out with a fretsaw, jigsaw or scrollsaw
  • Instruct, See: Resh Lakish#Examples of his exegesis
  • Others to Adorn (1938), book by Oliver St. John Gogarty
  • Purfling, a narrow decorative wooden (sometimes abalone) strip inlaid into the top and (often) bottom plates of stringed instruments
  • "To Adorn", song on Shape of Despair (album), by the funeral doom metal band

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