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adorn

UK/əˈdɔː(ɹ)n/ US/əˈdɔɹn/ uncommon obsolete

verb

1.

make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

  • “Decorate the room for the party”
  • “beautify yourself for the special day”
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2.

be beautiful to look at

  • “Flowers adorned the tables everywhere”
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3.

furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors

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Origin

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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