| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To garnish, decorate, embellish or embroider.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To ornament. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To attend. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To defend or fend. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To avoid, elude, evade, shun or sidestep. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To tinsel or spangle. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To avert, eschew or obviate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To flee or swerve.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Present participle conjugation of the verb adorn.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (adorn) | 1. Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..[Wordnet]. 2. Be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere".[Wordnet]. 3. Furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors.[Wordnet]. 4. To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: adorning, adorned, adorns, adorner, adorners, adorningly and adornedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "ADORNING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ADORNING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Ornamenting; decorating; displaying beauty.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of adorn. (references) | ||
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