See Also: adorn(1)(dictionary)
adorn(2)(dictionary)
adorn(dictionary)

adorn(2) (iou)



adorn verb trans. LME.
[Old & mod. French adorner, earlier ao(u)rner from Latin adornare, from ad AD- + ornare furnish, deck.]
Be an ornament to, add beauty or lustre to. LME.
Milton A garland to adorn her tresses. Leigh Hunt The following might have adorned the pages of Spenser. Conan Doyle A butler who would have adorned a bench of bishops.
Provide with ornament(s); embellish (with). LME.
Shakespeare 1 Henry VI Adorn his temples with a coronet. Burke The many great vertues with which he has adorned his mind.
adorner noun E16.
adornment noun the action of adorning; a thing which adorns, an ornament: L15.