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Definition of adorn :
1. Adorned; decorated.
2. Adornment.
3. To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.
Synonyms:
enclothe, set off, coldcock, habilitate, commit, lard, fit out, garb, put, garment, deck, dramatise, place, invest, beautiful, dress, vest, bedight, pad, apparel, endow, endue, clothe, seat, indue, fancify, gift, illustrate, induct, cloak, aggrandise, robe, drape, enthrone, dramatize, aggrandize, knock down, dump, raiment, tog, embroider, floor, empower, blow up
accompany (part of speech: verb)
attach, second, accessorize, attend, chaperone, add, supplement, affix, garnish, convoy, escort, accompany
ornament (part of speech: verb)
dandify, emblazon, crown, bedizen, festoon, ornament, gild
beautify (part of speech: verb)
dignify, bedeck, study atdecorate, enhance, prettify, enrich, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify, trim
Usage examples:
- The lamps are put in long rows or in circles, to fit the places they adorn. - "The Soul of a People", H. Fielding.
- Go back to thy tower, open thy golden cupboards, and adorn thyself with thy richest apparel. - "Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians", Woislav M. Petrovitch.
- You will adorn the new sphere into which you enter. - "The Judgment House", Gilbert Parker.