• (America) IPA: /əˈdɔɹn/
• (British) IPA: /əˈdɔː(ɹ)n/

adorn (adorns, present participle adorning; past and past participle adorned)

1. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

   a man adorned with noble statuary and columns

   a character adorned with every Christian grace

   a gallery of paintings was adorned with the works of some of the great masters

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Isaiah 61:10 ↗:

     as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels

   • At church, with meek and unaffected grace, / His looks adorned the venerable place.

• beautify
• bedeck
• decorate
• deck
• grace
• ornament
• prettify
• See also Thesaurus:decorate

• French: décorer, orner, parer
• German: schmücken, zieren, verzieren
• Italian: adornare, ornare, fregiare, abbellire, contornare, decorare, imbellettare
• Portuguese: adornar
• Russian: украша́ть
• Spanish: adornar, ornar, engalanar

adorn

1. (obsolete) adornment

adorn

1. (obsolete) adorned; ornate