ADORN', verb transitive [Latin adorno, ad and orno, to deck, or beautify, to dress, set off, extol, furnish. 1. To deck or decorate; to make beautiful; to add to beauty by dress; to deck with external ornaments. A bride adorneth, herself with jewels. Isaiah 61:10. To set off to advantage; to add ornaments to; to embellish by any thing external or adventitious; as, to adorn a speech by appropriate action, sentiments with elegance of language, or a gallery with pictures. 3. To make pleasing, or more pleasing; as, great abilities adorned by virtue or affability. 4. To display the beauty or excellence of; as, to adorn the doctrine of God. Titus 2:10. ADORN', noun Ornament. obsolete ADORN', adjective Adorned; decorated. obsolete
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI