Adorn: alternatives and connections

That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

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That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide wi…

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To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

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imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; thin…

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Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, applique lace; applique work.

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A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of pr…

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A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]

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A prayer.

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To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace.

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of Bedight

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To dress or adorn tawdrily or with false taste.

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To gild.

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To ornament with a jewel or with jewels; to spangle.

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of Beset

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To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something brilliant or glittering.

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A shield.

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To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait.

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To embroider.

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An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative.

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A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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See Color.

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To cover; to overspread.

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To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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To depict or represent; -- said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon.

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To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf.

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A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inla…

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To incrust. See Incrust.

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To gild; to make splendent.

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A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this way.

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A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.

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To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

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Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.

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The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.

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Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.

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See 1st Frith.

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An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but mor…

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The crown of a king.

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To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.

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To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.

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To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sig…

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To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.

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To make clear, bright, or luminous.

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To cover or line with a crust, or hard coat; to form a crust on the surface of; as, iron incrusted with rust; a vessel incrusted with salt; a sweetme…

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To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, iviry, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental…

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An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design.

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A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-…

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A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.

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That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

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A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.

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A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pi…

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To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously; -- often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See Prink.

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Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially…

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A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise.

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A small plate or boss of shining metal; something brilliant used as an ornament, especially when stitched on the dress.

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A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

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Plaster of any kind used as a coating for walls, especially, a fine plaster, composed of lime or gypsum with sand and pounded marble, used for intern…

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A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin met…

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To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

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To form or work, as by inlaying, with irregular lines or impressions resembling the tracks of worms, or appearing as if formed by the motion of worms.

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To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.

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An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.

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An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.

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The act or ceremony of investing, or the of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing.

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The act or ceremony of investing, or the of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing.

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To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.

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To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.

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To cover; to overspread.

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To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice…

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To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrativ…

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The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

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To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe.

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That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

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