adornv.

Brit.

/əˈdɔːn/, U.S.

/əˈdɔrn/

Forms:

α. Middle English ahourne, Middle English aorne, Middle English aourne, Middle English aovrne.

β. late Middle English–1500s adourne, late Middle English–1600s adorne, 1500s– adorn, 1600s adourn; Scottish pre-1700 adorne, pre-1700 adourn, pre-1700 adurn, pre-1700 1700s– adorn.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French aourner, adorner; Latin adornāre.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman aurner, aourner, ahourner, Anglo-Norman and Old French aorner, Anglo-Norman and Middle French adourner, adorner (French adorner ) to decorate, embellish (c1170), to present speciously, disguise (c1500) and its etymon classical Latin adornāre to get ready, prepare, to equip, furnish, to beautify, to decorate, to dignify, honour, to enhance, embellish (with words) < ad- ad- prefix + ōrnāre orn v. Compare Old Occitan azornar , Spanish adornar (14th cent.), Portuguese adornar (15th cent.), Italian adornare (13th cent.). Compare anorn v.With the use in quot. a1325 at sense 1α. compare also Anglo-Norman aurner , aourner , Anglo-Norman and Old French aorner , Middle French adorner to prepare, equip (mid 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman; < post-classical Latin adordinare (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < classical Latin ad- ad- prefix + ordināre ordain v.), which merged with the descendants of classical Latin adornāre . In sense 7 apparently by confusion with adore v. In the following example perhaps an error for honour v.; compare anorn v. and anoure v.:1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 109 And Mars, the god of armes, they dyd adorne [c1475 Harl. honoure].

I. To provide or decorate with ornaments.

1. transitive. To provide with an ornament or ornaments; to decorate or embellish (with something).In quot. a1325 at α. : to furnish, equip.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament

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α.

a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xx. 79 Ȝif þat prelat be ipunist for his churche..noȝt auenauntliche aourned.

c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) cxliii. 11 (MED) Her douȝters ben made & aourned [L. circumornatæ] about as liknes of þe temple.

a1400 Ancrene Riwle (Pepys) (1976) 195 Þe jasper is aourned wiþ gold.

?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 39 (MED) Suster, yef y loue youre bodi..wene ye not that ye displese God..to aorne suche a carion as is youre body?

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 268/2 Our sauyour went to his passion on horsbacke aourned as a kynge.

β. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 5029 (MED) I can my wirke..Riȝt as me list adourne & make fair.a1525 J. Irland Of Penance & Confession in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 68 Clethand me or adornand me.1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 137 To be adourned with garlandes and Roses on their heades.1611 Bible (King James) Isa. lxi. 10 As a bride adorneth herselfe with her iewels. 1654 Mercurius Fumigosus No. 13. 117 As ours with Fucus do besmear their Faces, With Gold and Ribbons they adorn their A—ses.1719 Free-thinker No. 150. 2 He would take as much Care to adorn his Mind as his Body.1777 H. Mackenzie Julia de Roubigné I. xxiv. 191 He pulled off his hat, which he had adorned with some gay coloured ribands in honour of the occasion.1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. ii, in Poems 86 A decent Room, Adorn'd with Carpet, form'd in Wilton's loom.1883 Cent. Mag. Aug. 609/2 The little chamber, which Margaret had adorned in the work taste of Limekiln Avenue.1931 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 172/2 We drew up alongside some amazing houses painted in rectangles of red, white, and blue adorned with perforated woodwork.1971 Gourmet Feb. 21/1 The façade, a rather depressing mixture of nonstyles, is adorned with hunting motifs.2009 N.Y. Mag. 2 Mar. 55/2 Rodriguez has adorned the façade with panels of translucent channel glass.

2. transitive. To embellish or confer distinction on (something) by the addition of a feature or quality.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > invest with splendour > render magnificent

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c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 4243 (MED) Chaucer..Gan oure tonge firste to magnifie And adourne it with his elloquence.

a1460 tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Helm.) (1999) 23 (MED) Dissiplyne is the ornament of witte, by the which discrecion shulde be aovrned asmoche as a man might.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 417 It is better to adorne the with vertues.

1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 195 The gifts and graces, wherewith God daily adorneth and enricheth his children.

1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 9 Most deservedly adorned with divers other honors in his own country.

1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. ii. 7 Philosophers..did frequently adorn and confirm their Discourses by Citations out of Poets.

1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iv. §24. 163 The many great virtues with which he has adorned his mind.

1788 Crit. Rev. Feb. 81 They dress up the object of their vows in the most glittering attire; adorn her with every merit and every virtue.

1813 E. S. Barrett Heroine III. xxxiii. 125 I stood upon the battlements,..adorned with all the terrible graces of Beauty Belligerent.

1872 W. W. Reade Martyrdom of Man (1874) ii. 280 His harangues..are adorned with phrases of wild poetry.

1909 E. Godfrey Sister of Prince Rupert v. 93 She liked nothing better than to adorn her receptions with men of wit and learning.

1993 Toronto Sun 17 June 12/1 The musical pollution most radio stations spew across a world adorned by Beethoven and Puccini.

3. transitive. To present speciously; to improve the outward appearance of (something). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > present speciously [verb (transitive)] > improve appearance

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1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Ai^v Are they not ashamed..to adorne a pretence of profit mixt with pleasure.

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. v. §3. 34 No man adorneth disputation against him.

1709 R. Gould Sketch i, in Wks. II. 352 Tell me then you grave Masters of Debate, That Wire-draw, Doubt, Assert, Equivocate, With pleasing Sophistry misleading Youth, Adorning Falshood, and disguising Truth.

1838 Madras Missionary Reg. Apr. 97/2 The little truth existing among them is retained only for the purpose of adorning and disguising falsehood.

1986 F. Crews Skeptical Engagements iii. 54 Freud's career as a specialist in hysteria..was launched in an ethically shady atmosphere—and was then retrospectively adorned with a mischievous falsehood about Breuer.

II. To enhance in the manner of an ornament.

4. transitive. To be an ornament to; to serve to beautify or embellish.

ΚΠ

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 2 O Blysful light of whiche þe bemes clere Adorneth [c1460 Harl. 1239 adourneth] al þe þridde heuene faire.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Fvj Grauen Lions on euery syde, adourning the rayles or highest margentes of the same.

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 73 To the knyghtes..were geuen garlandes also made of Laurell to adorne their heades.

1659 J. Dryden Heroique Stanza's vii, in E. Waller et al. Three Poems 3 No borrow'd Bay's his Temples did adorne.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 840 Of choicest Flours a Garland to adorne Her Tresses.

1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer ii. ii. 16 Cornishes..to adorn some magotty, new-fashion'd Bauble upon the Thames.

1775 E. Burke Speech Resol. for Concil. Colonies 43 The venerable rust that rather adorns and preserves, than destroys the metal.

1842 J. H. Ingraham Edward Austin iv. 24 A ponderous cameo set in massive gold adorned the fine linen folds of his shirt bosom.

1873 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice (new ed.) I. Pref. to New Ed. p. vii The circular temple of the Croydon Gas Company adorned the centre of the pastoral and sylvan scene.

1941 Hesperia 10 223 Newly dedicated statues to further adorn the refurbished theatre.

2008 Wall St. Jrnl. 23 Dec. d7/2 Images originally intended to adorn the chests and wainscotings of bridal chambers.

5. transitive. Of a person: to add to the honour or splendour of (something) by one's presence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > give honour to [verb (transitive)] > add to honour

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c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 30 (MED) It byhoueþ a leche vse many cautelez þat he adourne his faculte.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. E The holie senate was adorned with olde prudente persons.

1590 H. Holland Treat. against Witchcraft ii. 13 They must be carefullie bent, to beautifie and adorne their profession with a godly, sober, and innocent life.

1662 J. Gauden Disc. Artific. Beauty 169 Who is there, or what is there almost in humane society, which doth not..adorn a theater or scene of life, upon the stage of this world?

1692 R. Ames Britannia Victrix xiv. 7 Warlike Hero's who were Born, Their Name and Country to adorn.

1728 A. Pope Dunciad iii. 128 And a new C—r shall the stage adorn.

1795 Sewel's Hist. Quakers (ed. 3) I. ii. 143 That every one, in your respective places, may adorn the truth.

1810 M. R. Mitford Let. 20 Sept. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. iv. 108 Three such women as have seldom adorned one age and one country.

1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xii. 111 She never opened a Shakspeare from the day she left the stage, nor, indeed, understood it during all the time she adorned the boards.

1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 38 A butler who would have adorned a bench of bishops showed me in.

2008 New Yorker 11 Aug. 97/2 Of all the good actors who have adorned the middle-aged-professor films, [etc.].

6. transitive. To serve to confer distinction on (a person or thing); to be a noteworthy feature of or addition to (something).

ΚΠ

a1475 ( S. Scrope tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Bodl. 943) (1999) 290 Thou maist not be so wele aourned [a1460 anon. tr. arrayed; a1500 Trin. Cambr. honowred ande worshipped] as with trouthe.

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xv. lxxiii. sig. Gviii/2 Moost noble ryuers, Ganges Indus & Hispanes, that aourne the countrees of ynde.

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Bb.i^v Whose perfect vertues..So did adorne that humble wiuelyhed.

1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. N2, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Here neuer die seemeth superfluous, and yet notable well adorneth the sentence.

1623 E. Wynne in R. Whitbourne Disc. New-found-land 109 Our high leuels of land are adorned with Woods.

1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 clxxvi. 45 Thousands were there..Whose deeds some nobler Poem shall adorn.

1742 W. Collins Persian Eclogues i. 7 Each softer Virtue that adorns the Fair.

1798 R. Anderson Poems on Var. Subj. 44 Just view the peaceful shepherd on the plain; See ruddy health adorn his cheerful face.

1844 L. Hunt Jar of Honey in Ainsworth's Mag. Sept. 277 The following might have adorned the pages of Spenser.

1889 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 24 Apr. 1/8 Their features adorn the rogues' galleries in the cities of the Union.

1907 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 11 99 No name of the first repute..adorns the annals of secular Latin literature under the sway of African influence.

1951 Jrnl. Senate 54th Gen. Assembly State of Iowa 12 Feb. 355 Qualities that might well adorn the characters of all of us more than perhaps they do in our tempestuous time.

2004 Games TM Apr. 14/1 The game's acclaimed follow-up..is already adorning the Japanese charts.

†III. To adore.

7. transitive. To worship, venerate; to adore. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > [verb (transitive)]

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1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses x. v She wolde leve this contre in [which she] was aorned [Fr. aoree] and worshipped.

a1525 J. Irland Of Penance & Confession in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 24 All thing throu the quhilk God is adornit and done honour to.

1581 T. Nuce tr. Octavia (new ed.) ii. ii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 174^v Augustus..Whom as a God in minsters we adorne [L. colitur et templis deus].

1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. F3 He praisd, adornd, and for a martyr sainted, Whilst I (Rome's scoffe) my rites of buriall wanted.

1623 T. G. Friers Chron. sig. H2 The Idolatrous Gentiles and Aegyptians did not eate those creatures, which they adorned as Gods.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	adorn
释义	† adornn. Forms: 1500s adorne. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: adorn v. Etymology: < adorn v. Compare earlier adorning n. and adornment n. Obsolete. rare. Adornment, ornament. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > action or fact of fayingc1230 arrayingc1340 anorninga1382 orninga1382 adornmentc1405 garnishing1463 adorning1495 ornamenta1513 ourningc1540 furniture1548 gracing1588 adorn1590 outsetc1590 furnishing1594 adornation1597 bedecking1598 busking1628 ornamenting1718 engrailing1753 figurement1879 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xii. sig. Oo4 Without adorne of gold or siluer. 1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 44 With brave Bundutia or Viragoes best..She may compare for valerous adorne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † adornadj. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian adorno. Etymology: < Italian adorno (mid 13th cent.), use as adjective of former past participle of adornare adorn v. Compare earlier adorned adj. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ădǭ·ɹn) /əˈdɔːn/. poetic. Obsolete. rare. Adorned, ornate. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [adjective] > ornamented or decorated depaint?c1225 ornedc1384 trappeda1400 attiredc1400 bolled1400 picked?c1425 bedighta1440 garnishedc1440 well-apparelledc1450 decorate1460 adorned?1473 ornate?a1475 anorneda1500 decked?a1500 exornate1509 redimite?a1513 well-decked1530 adornate1539 prankedc1550 entrapped?1553 bested1558 distinct1596 embellished1598 well-tricked1599 enamelled1604 gaudeda1616 broidered1616 farded1637 phalerated1656 adorn1667 bedecked1671 gayed1671 fancied1688 phalerate1702 decorated1727 ornamented1730 orné1763 got-up1793 gotten-up1796 apparelled1821 engrailed1848 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 576 She will acknowledge thee her Head,..Made so adorn for thy delight the more. View more context for this quotation 1735 H. Brooke Universal Beauty V. 14 Who'd think these airy Wantons so adorn, Were late his vile Antipathy and Scorn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2021). adornv. Brit. /əˈdɔːn/, U.S. /əˈdɔrn/ Forms: α. Middle English ahourne, Middle English aorne, Middle English aourne, Middle English aovrne. β. late Middle English–1500s adourne, late Middle English–1600s adorne, 1500s– adorn, 1600s adourn; Scottish pre-1700 adorne, pre-1700 adourn, pre-1700 adurn, pre-1700 1700s– adorn. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French aourner, adorner; Latin adornāre. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman aurner, aourner, ahourner, Anglo-Norman and Old French aorner, Anglo-Norman and Middle French adourner, adorner (French adorner ) to decorate, embellish (c1170), to present speciously, disguise (c1500) and its etymon classical Latin adornāre to get ready, prepare, to equip, furnish, to beautify, to decorate, to dignify, honour, to enhance, embellish (with words) < ad- ad- prefix + ōrnāre orn v. Compare Old Occitan azornar , Spanish adornar (14th cent.), Portuguese adornar (15th cent.), Italian adornare (13th cent.). Compare anorn v.With the use in quot. a1325 at sense 1α. compare also Anglo-Norman aurner , aourner , Anglo-Norman and Old French aorner , Middle French adorner to prepare, equip (mid 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman; < post-classical Latin adordinare (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < classical Latin ad- ad- prefix + ordināre ordain v.), which merged with the descendants of classical Latin adornāre . In sense 7 apparently by confusion with adore v. In the following example perhaps an error for honour v.; compare anorn v. and anoure v.:1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 109 And Mars, the god of armes, they dyd adorne [c1475 Harl. honoure]. I. To provide or decorate with ornaments. 1. transitive. To provide with an ornament or ornaments; to decorate or embellish (with something).In quot. a1325 at α. : to furnish, equip. 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D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) cxliii. 11 (MED) Her douȝters ben made & aourned [L. circumornatæ] about as liknes of þe temple. a1400 Ancrene Riwle (Pepys) (1976) 195 Þe jasper is aourned wiþ gold. ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 39 (MED) Suster, yef y loue youre bodi..wene ye not that ye displese God..to aorne suche a carion as is youre body? 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 268/2 Our sauyour went to his passion on horsbacke aourned as a kynge. β. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 5029 (MED) I can my wirke..Riȝt as me list adourne & make fair.a1525 J. Irland Of Penance & Confession in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 68 Clethand me or adornand me.1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 137 To be adourned with garlandes and Roses on their heades.1611 Bible (King James) Isa. lxi. 10 As a bride adorneth herselfe with her iewels. View more context for this quotation1654 Mercurius Fumigosus No. 13. 117 As ours with Fucus do besmear their Faces, With Gold and Ribbons they adorn their A—ses.1719 Free-thinker No. 150. 2 He would take as much Care to adorn his Mind as his Body.1777 H. Mackenzie Julia de Roubigné I. xxiv. 191 He pulled off his hat, which he had adorned with some gay coloured ribands in honour of the occasion.1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. ii, in Poems 86 A decent Room, Adorn'd with Carpet, form'd in Wilton's loom.1883 Cent. Mag. Aug. 609/2 The little chamber, which Margaret had adorned in the work taste of Limekiln Avenue.1931 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 172/2 We drew up alongside some amazing houses painted in rectangles of red, white, and blue adorned with perforated woodwork.1971 Gourmet Feb. 21/1 The façade, a rather depressing mixture of nonstyles, is adorned with hunting motifs.2009 N.Y. Mag. 2 Mar. 55/2 Rodriguez has adorned the façade with panels of translucent channel glass. 2. transitive. To embellish or confer distinction on (something) by the addition of a feature or quality. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > invest with splendour > render magnificent magnifya1382 adornc1425 emperiala1475 emblazea1529 enamel1593 magnificate1598 aggrandize1709 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 4243 (MED) Chaucer..Gan oure tonge firste to magnifie And adourne it with his elloquence. a1460 tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Helm.) (1999) 23 (MED) Dissiplyne is the ornament of witte, by the which discrecion shulde be aovrned asmoche as a man might. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 417 It is better to adorne the with vertues. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 195 The gifts and graces, wherewith God daily adorneth and enricheth his children. 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 9 Most deservedly adorned with divers other honors in his own country. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. ii. 7 Philosophers..did frequently adorn and confirm their Discourses by Citations out of Poets. 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iv. §24. 163 The many great virtues with which he has adorned his mind. 1788 Crit. Rev. Feb. 81 They dress up the object of their vows in the most glittering attire; adorn her with every merit and every virtue. 1813 E. S. Barrett Heroine III. xxxiii. 125 I stood upon the battlements,..adorned with all the terrible graces of Beauty Belligerent. 1872 W. W. Reade Martyrdom of Man (1874) ii. 280 His harangues..are adorned with phrases of wild poetry. 1909 E. Godfrey Sister of Prince Rupert v. 93 She liked nothing better than to adorn her receptions with men of wit and learning. 1993 Toronto Sun 17 June 12/1 The musical pollution most radio stations spew across a world adorned by Beethoven and Puccini. 3. transitive. To present speciously; to improve the outward appearance of (something). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > present speciously [verb (transitive)] > improve appearance paintc1390 set1540 daub1543 plaster1546 varnish1571 to gild over1574 adorn1589 parget1592 glaze1605 apparel1615 pranka1616 lustre1627 candidate1628 varnish1641 lacquer1688 whitewash1703 tinsel1748 duff1750 fineer1765 veneer1847 superficialize1851 gloss1879 window dress1913 beglamour1926 sportswash2012 1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Ai^v Are they not ashamed..to adorne a pretence of profit mixt with pleasure. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. v. §3. 34 No man adorneth disputation against him. 1709 R. Gould Sketch i, in Wks. II. 352 Tell me then you grave Masters of Debate, That Wire-draw, Doubt, Assert, Equivocate, With pleasing Sophistry misleading Youth, Adorning Falshood, and disguising Truth. 1838 Madras Missionary Reg. Apr. 97/2 The little truth existing among them is retained only for the purpose of adorning and disguising falsehood. 1986 F. Crews Skeptical Engagements iii. 54 Freud's career as a specialist in hysteria..was launched in an ethically shady atmosphere—and was then retrospectively adorned with a mischievous falsehood about Breuer. II. To enhance in the manner of an ornament. 4. transitive. To be an ornament to; to serve to beautify or embellish. ΚΠ a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 2 O Blysful light of whiche þe bemes clere Adorneth [c1460 Harl. 1239 adourneth] al þe þridde heuene faire. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Fvj Grauen Lions on euery syde, adourning the rayles or highest margentes of the same. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 73 To the knyghtes..were geuen garlandes also made of Laurell to adorne their heades. 1659 J. Dryden Heroique Stanza's vii, in E. Waller et al. Three Poems 3 No borrow'd Bay's his Temples did adorne. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 840 Of choicest Flours a Garland to adorne Her Tresses. View more context for this quotation 1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer ii. ii. 16 Cornishes..to adorn some magotty, new-fashion'd Bauble upon the Thames. 1775 E. Burke Speech Resol. for Concil. Colonies 43 The venerable rust that rather adorns and preserves, than destroys the metal. 1842 J. H. Ingraham Edward Austin iv. 24 A ponderous cameo set in massive gold adorned the fine linen folds of his shirt bosom. 1873 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice (new ed.) I. Pref. to New Ed. p. vii The circular temple of the Croydon Gas Company adorned the centre of the pastoral and sylvan scene. 1941 Hesperia 10 223 Newly dedicated statues to further adorn the refurbished theatre. 2008 Wall St. Jrnl. 23 Dec. d7/2 Images originally intended to adorn the chests and wainscotings of bridal chambers. 5. transitive. Of a person: to add to the honour or splendour of (something) by one's presence. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > give honour to [verb (transitive)] > add to honour adornc1425 c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 30 (MED) It byhoueþ a leche vse many cautelez þat he adourne his faculte. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. E The holie senate was adorned with olde prudente persons. 1590 H. Holland Treat. against Witchcraft ii. 13 They must be carefullie bent, to beautifie and adorne their profession with a godly, sober, and innocent life. 1662 J. Gauden Disc. Artific. Beauty 169 Who is there, or what is there almost in humane society, which doth not..adorn a theater or scene of life, upon the stage of this world? 1692 R. Ames Britannia Victrix xiv. 7 Warlike Hero's who were Born, Their Name and Country to adorn. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad iii. 128 And a new C—r shall the stage adorn. 1795 Sewel's Hist. Quakers (ed. 3) I. ii. 143 That every one, in your respective places, may adorn the truth. 1810 M. R. Mitford Let. 20 Sept. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. iv. 108 Three such women as have seldom adorned one age and one country. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xii. 111 She never opened a Shakspeare from the day she left the stage, nor, indeed, understood it during all the time she adorned the boards. 1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 38 A butler who would have adorned a bench of bishops showed me in. 2008 New Yorker 11 Aug. 97/2 Of all the good actors who have adorned the middle-aged-professor films, [etc.]. 6. transitive. To serve to confer distinction on (a person or thing); to be a noteworthy feature of or addition to (something). ΚΠ a1475 ( S. Scrope tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Bodl. 943) (1999) 290 Thou maist not be so wele aourned [a1460 anon. tr. arrayed; a1500 Trin. Cambr. honowred ande worshipped] as with trouthe. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xv. lxxiii. sig. Gviii/2 Moost noble ryuers, Ganges Indus & Hispanes, that aourne the countrees of ynde. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Bb.i^v Whose perfect vertues..So did adorne that humble wiuelyhed. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. N2, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Here neuer die seemeth superfluous, and yet notable well adorneth the sentence. 1623 E. Wynne in R. Whitbourne Disc. New-found-land 109 Our high leuels of land are adorned with Woods. 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 clxxvi. 45 Thousands were there..Whose deeds some nobler Poem shall adorn. 1742 W. Collins Persian Eclogues i. 7 Each softer Virtue that adorns the Fair. 1798 R. Anderson Poems on Var. Subj. 44 Just view the peaceful shepherd on the plain; See ruddy health adorn his cheerful face. 1844 L. Hunt Jar of Honey in Ainsworth's Mag. Sept. 277 The following might have adorned the pages of Spenser. 1889 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 24 Apr. 1/8 Their features adorn the rogues' galleries in the cities of the Union. 1907 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 11 99 No name of the first repute..adorns the annals of secular Latin literature under the sway of African influence. 1951 Jrnl. Senate 54th Gen. Assembly State of Iowa 12 Feb. 355 Qualities that might well adorn the characters of all of us more than perhaps they do in our tempestuous time. 2004 Games TM Apr. 14/1 The game's acclaimed follow-up..is already adorning the Japanese charts. †III. To adore. 7. transitive. To worship, venerate; to adore. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > [verb (transitive)] heryc735 wortheOE hallowa1000 blessOE worshipa1200 servec1225 anourec1275 adorec1300 glorify1340 laud1377 magnifya1382 praisea1382 sacre1390 feara1400 reverencec1400 anorna1425 adorn1480 embrace1490 elevatea1513 reverent1565 god1595 venerate1623 thanksgivea1638 congratule1657 doxologizea1816 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses x. v She wolde leve this contre in [which she] was aorned [Fr. aoree] and worshipped. a1525 J. Irland Of Penance & Confession in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 24 All thing throu the quhilk God is adornit and done honour to. 1581 T. Nuce tr. Octavia (new ed.) ii. ii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 174^v Augustus..Whom as a God in minsters we adorne [L. colitur et templis deus]. 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. F3 He praisd, adornd, and for a martyr sainted, Whilst I (Rome's scoffe) my rites of buriall wanted. 1623 T. G. Friers Chron. sig. H2 The Idolatrous Gentiles and Aegyptians did not eate those creatures, which they adorned as Gods. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1590adj.1667v.a1325
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