"ornify" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: ornifies [present, singular, third-person], ornifying [participle, present], ornified [participle, past], ornified [past]
Etymology: From Latin ōrnāre (“to adorn, to decorate”) + -ify. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|ōrnāre||to adorn, to decorate}} Latin ōrnāre (“to adorn, to decorate”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} ornify (third-person singular simple present ornifies, present participle ornifying, simple past and past participle ornified)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To ornament. Tags: obsolete, transitive

Inflected forms

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