ADORN
decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
(verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; “Decorate the room for the party”; “beautify yourself for the special day”
invest, clothe, adorn
(verb) furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
(verb) be beautiful to look at; “Flowers adorned the tables everywhere”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
adorn (third-person singular simple present adorns, present participle adorning, simple past and past participle adorned)
To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
Synonyms
• beautify
• bedeck
• decorate
• deck
• grace
• ornament
• prettify
• See also decorate
Noun
adorn
(obsolete) adornment
Adjective
adorn
(obsolete) adorned; ornate
Anagrams
• Ardon, Daron, Doran, Drona, NORAD, Nador, Nardo, Ronda, and/or, andro, andro-, norad, radon, rando
Source: Wiktionary
A*dorn", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adorned; p. pr. & vb. n. Adorning.]
Etym: [OE. aournen, anournen, adornen, OF. aorner, fr. L. aaornare;
ad + ornare to furnish, embellish. See Adore, Ornate.]
Definition: 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. Isa. lxi. 10.
At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the
venerable place. Goldsmith.
Syn.
– To deck; decorate; embellish; ornament; beautify; grace; dignify;
exalt; honor.
– To Adorn, Ornament, Decorate, Embellish. We decorate and ornament
by putting on some adjunct which is attractive or beautiful, and
which serves to heighten the general effect. Thus, a lady's head-
dress may be ornament or decorated with flowers or jewelry; a hall
may be decorated or ornament with carving or gilding, with wreaths of
flowers, or with hangings. Ornament is used in a wider sense than
decorate. To embellish is to beautify or ornament richly, not so much
by mere additions or details as by modifying the thing itself as a
whole. It sometimes means gaudy and artificial decoration. We
embellish a book with rich engravings; a style is embellished with
rich and beautiful imagery; a shopkeeper embellishes his front window
to attract attention. Adorn is sometimes identical with decorate, as
when we say, a lady was adorned with jewels. In other cases, it seems
to imply something more. Thus, we speak of a gallery of paintings as
adorned with the works of some of the great masters, or adorned with
noble statuary and columns. Here decorated and ornamented would
hardly be appropriate. There is a value in these works of genius
beyond mere show and ornament. Adorn may be used of what is purely
moral; as, a character adorned with every Christian grace. Here
neither decorate, nor ornament, nor embellish is proper.
A*dorn", n.
Definition: Adornment. [Obs.] Spenser.
A*dorn", a.
Definition: Adorned; decorated. [Obs.] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition