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[uh-dawrn] Origin

a·dorn

[uh-dawrn]
verb (used with object)
1.
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments: garlands of flowers adorning their hair.
2.
to make more pleasing, attractive, impressive, etc.; enhance: Piety adorned Abigail's character.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English adornen < Latin adōrnāre, equivalent to ad- ad- + ōrnāre to dress (see ornate); replacing late Middle English aourne < Middle French < Latin

a·dorn·er, noun
a·dorn·ing·ly, adverb
non·a·dorn·er, noun
non·a·dorn·ing, adjective
o·ver·a·dorn, verb (used with object)
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o·ver·a·dorned, adjective
pre·a·dorn, verb (used with object)
re·a·dorn, verb (used with object)
re·a·dorn·ing, adjective
self-a·dorn·ing, adjective
su·per·a·dorn, verb (used with object)
un·a·dorned, adjective
well-a·dorned, adjective
COLLAPSE


1. beautify; deck, bedeck; bedizen, array.

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Word Origin & History

adorn
late 14c., from O.Fr. aourner, from L. adornare "equip, provide, embellish," from ad- "to" + ornare "prepare, furnish, adorn, fit out," from stem of ordo "order" (see order). The -d- was reinserted by French scribes 14c., in English from late 15c. (see ad-).
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