becrownv.
/bɪˈkraʊn/ To crown.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)] > crown with ornament
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1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 59 Father Anchises a goold boul massye becrowning.
1800 W. Taylor Monthly Mag. 8 806 The cool And shadowy forest, which becrowns the isle.
1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal viii. 145 Gabriel, perhaps..disports himself..becrowned with roses.
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