to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments: garlands of flowers adorning their hair.
to make more pleasing, attractive, impressive, etc.; enhance: Piety adorned Abigail's character.
Origin of adorn
1325–75; Middle English adornen<Latin adōrnāre, equivalent to ad-ad- + ōrnāre to dress (see ornate); replacing late Middle English aourne<Middle French <Latin
o·ver·a·dorn,verb (used with object)o·ver·a·dorned,adjectivepre·a·dorn,verb (used with object)re·a·dorn,verb (used with object)re·a·dorn·ing,adjectiveself-a·dorn·ing,adjectivesu·per·a·dorn,verb (used with object)un·a·dorned,adjectivewell-a·dorned,adjective
Canada Goose, long criticized for its use of coyote fur, said in April it would stop buying new fur from trappers but would continue to adorn coats with recycled fur.
Nordstrom to stop selling fur and exotic skin products|Phil Wahba|September 29, 2020|Fortune
Yet thanks to those small worms, the soil on this antipodean ranch sucks up carbon dioxide while growing grass to feed the sheep that produce the wool that adorn the feet of hipsters a world away.
Allbirds is stepping up for the planet—by treading lightly on it|sheilamarikar|September 21, 2020|Fortune
Cowries adorned the clothing of dancers, warriors, and the richest families.
Lafalaise Dion Takes ESSENCE On A Personal Journey|Nandi Howard|September 4, 2020|Essence.com
Collina Strada sells stunning masks adorned in bright prints and tied with bows.
The luxury face mask has arrived|Marc Bain|July 7, 2020|Quartz
The chances that portraits of Daud and Saleh al-Kuwaiti will ever adorn a 200-shekel bill seem slim.
For My Money, I'll Take the Al-Kuwaitis|Gershom Gorenberg|May 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His imagery does more than adorn; it also helps swiftly clinch a character for the reader.
True Grit: Ross Macdonald Gets His Due|Malcolm Forbes|August 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Yet I think you do right in returning to the society which you were destined to adorn.
Wild Western Scenes|John Beauchamp Jones
Undoubtedly, it is God's arrangement that women should beautify and adorn the home.
Betty's Battles|S. L. M.
With scissors in hand she raided the flower-beds for lady-slippers and clove-geranium with which to adorn the table.
My Actor-Husband|Anonymous
I hope you will adorn our literature with many more beautiful compositions similiar to Brass Nuckles.
Mince PieAuthor: Christopher Darlington MorleyRelease Date: October 10, 2004 [eBook #13694]|Christopher Darlington Morley
Amidst the scrolls of arabesque foliage which adorn it, appear the arms of the principal Portuguese nobility.
Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal|William Beckford
British Dictionary definitions for adorn
adorn
/ (əˈdɔːn) /
verb(tr)
to decorateshe adorned her hair with flowers
to increase the beauty, distinction, etc, of
Derived forms of adorn
adornment, noun
Word Origin for adorn
C14: via Old French from Latin adōrnāre, from ōrnāre to furnish, prepare