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1. (v.t.) adorn
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments.
2. adorn
to make more pleasing, attractive, impressive, etc.; enhance.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME < L adōrnāre=ad-ad - +ōrnāre to dress (see ornate ))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
"Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
2. (verb) deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
be beautiful to look at
"Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
3. (verb) invest, clothe, adorn
furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
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1. (adj) adorn
adorned; decorated
2. (noun) adorn
adornment
3. (verb) adorn
to deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive
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Sense: to make beautiful, with decorations etc
Their house is adorned with beautiful antique ornaments.
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 Afrikaans: versier |
 Arabic: يُزَيِّن |
 Bulgarian: украсявам |
 Brazilian: enfeitar |
 Czech: (o)zdobit |
 German: schmücken |
 Danish: pynte; pryde; smykke |
 Greek: στολίζω, διακοσμώ |
 Spanish: adornar |
 Estonian: kaunistama |
 Farsi: تزئین کردن |
 Finnish: koristella |
 French: orner |
 Hebrew: לְקָשֶט, לְיַפּוֹת |
 Hindi: सजाना |
 Croatian: uresiti |
 Hungarian: díszít |
 Indonesian: menghiasi |
 Icelandic: skreyta |
 Italian: adornare, ornare |
 Japanese: 飾る |
 Korean: 장식하다 |
 Lithuanian: puošti |
 Latvian: rotāt; []greznot |
 Malay: menghiasi |
 Dutch: versieren |
 Norwegian: pynte, smykke, pryde |
 Polish: ozdabiać |
 Persian: تزئین کردن |
 Pashto: ښکلی کول |
 Portuguese: enfeitar |
 Romanian: aîmpodobi, a decora |
 Russian: украшать |
 Slovak: (o)zdobiť, (s)krášliť |
 Slovenian: okrasiti |
 Serbian: ukrasiti |
 Swedish: pryda, smycka |
 Thai: ตกแต่ง; ประดับประดา |
 Turkish: süslemek |
 Taiwanese: 裝飾 |
 Ukrainian: прикрашати |
 Urdu: آرائش کرنا ، سجانا |
 Vietnamese: trang trí |
 Chinese: 装饰 |
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