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"word": "adorn oneself with borrowed plumes"
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"text": "a character adorned with every Christian grace",
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"ref": "1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, page 38",
"text": "Durable, water-resistant and easy to clean, tiles have adorned Persian mosques, Moorish palaces and the parlors of Dutch burgers.",
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
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"code": "fr",
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"word": "parer"
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
"word": "adornar"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
"word": "schmücken"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
"word": "zieren"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "verzieren"
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"word": "עיטר"
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"word": "adornare"
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
"word": "fregiare"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
"word": "abbellire"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
"word": "contornare"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
"word": "imbellettare"
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"word": "飾る"
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"word": "꾸미다"
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
"word": "como"
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
"word": "rākai"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
"word": "rākei"
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
"word": "hrēodan"
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
"word": "ġefrætwian"
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
"word": "آراستن"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
"word": "پیراستن"
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
"word": "dekorować"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
"word": "ozdabiać"
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"word": "adornować"
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
"word": "enfeitar"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
"word": "adornar"
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
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"code": "ro",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
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"code": "es",
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"word": "engalanar"
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"sense": "to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate",
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"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "adornen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English adornen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "adournen"
},
"expansion": "adournen",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "adōrnāre"
},
"expansion": "Latin adōrnāre",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "adōrnō"
},
"expansion": "adōrnō",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ad",
"3": "ōrnō",
"nocat": "1",
"t2": "furnish, embellish"
},
"expansion": "ad + ōrnō (“furnish, embellish”)",
"name": "compound"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "adore"
},
"expansion": "adore",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ornate"
},
"expansion": "ornate",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "aournen",
"t": "to adorn"
},
"expansion": "Middle English aournen (“to adorn”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "aorner"
},
"expansion": "Old French aorner",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English adornen, adournen, from Latin adōrnāre, present active infinitive of adōrnō; from ad + ōrnō (“furnish, embellish”). See adore, ornate. Replaced earlier Middle English aournen (“to adorn”) borrowed from Old French aorner, from the same Latin source.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "?"
},
"expansion": "adorn",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "ornament"
},
{
"word": "ornamentation"
},
{
"word": "ornate"
},
{
"word": "suborn"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"adorned; ornate"
],
"links": [
[
"adorned",
"adorned"
],
[
"ornate",
"ornate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) adorned; ornate"
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/əˈdɔɹn/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈdɔː(ɹ)n/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)n"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-adorn.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/88/En-us-adorn.ogg/En-us-adorn.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/En-us-adorn.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "adorn"
}
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