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Adorn

//əˈdɔɹn// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    adorned; ornate obsolete

    "And to realities yield all her shows: Made so adorn for thy delight the more"

Noun
  1. 1
    adornment obsolete

    "Her brest all naked, as nett yvory Without adorne of gold or silver bright"

Verb
  1. 1
    To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

    "a man adorned with noble statuary and columns"

  2. 2
    make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. wordnet
  3. 3
    furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors wordnet
  4. 4
    be beautiful to look at wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English adornen, adournen, from Latin adōrnāre; from ad- + ōrnō (“furnish, embellish”). See adore, ornate. Replaced earlier Middle English aournen (“to adorn”) borrowed from Old French aorner, from the same Latin source.

Etymology 2

From Middle English adornen, adournen, from Latin adōrnāre; from ad- + ōrnō (“furnish, embellish”). See adore, ornate. Replaced earlier Middle English aournen (“to adorn”) borrowed from Old French aorner, from the same Latin source.

Etymology 3

From Middle English adornen, adournen, from Latin adōrnāre; from ad- + ōrnō (“furnish, embellish”). See adore, ornate. Replaced earlier Middle English aournen (“to adorn”) borrowed from Old French aorner, from the same Latin source.

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