adorn

(ə-dôrn')
tr.v., a·dorned, a·dorn·ing, a·dorns.

1. To lend beauty to: "the pale mimosas that adorned the favorite promenade" (Ronald Firbank).
2. To enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments: "[He] requires the presence of titles to legitimate and adorn . . . his imperfect status" (Cynthia Ozick).

[Middle English adornen, from Old French adourner, from Latin adōrnāre : ad-, ad- + ōrnāre, to decorate.]

adorner a·dorn'er n.

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verb

1. To furnish with decorations: bedeck, deck, decorate, dress (up), embellish, garnish, ornament, trim. See beautiful/ugly.
2. To endow with beauty and elegance by way of a notable addition: beautify, embellish, enhance, grace, set off. See beautiful/ugly.

v

Definition: decorate
Antonyms: damage, deform, hurt, leave plain, mar

IN BRIEF: To decorate or add a beautiful accent.

Of all the trees that grow so fair, Old England to adorn, Greater are none beneath the Sun, Than Oak, and Ash and Thorn. — Rudyard Kipling

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - pryde, være en pryd for

Nederlands (Dutch)
versieren

Français (French)
v. tr. - décorer, parer, orner

Deutsch (German)
v. - schmücken

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (δια)κοσμώ, στολίζω

Italiano (Italian)
adornare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - adornar, decorar, ornamentar

Русский (Russian)
украшать, служить украшением

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - adornar, embellecer, engalanar, decorar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - pryda, smycka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
装饰, 使生色, 佩戴

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 裝飾, 使生色, 佩戴

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 꾸미다, 돋보이게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 飾る, 装飾する, 引き立たせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجمل, يزخرف, يزين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮קישט, ייפה‬

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