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Verb: adorn  u'dorn
  1. Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
    "adorn the room for the party";
    - decorate, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify, fancify
     
  2. Serve to decorate and look nice
    "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere";
    - deck, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
     
  3. Furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
    "The new monarch was adorned with the crown jewels during the coronation ceremony";
    - invest, clothe

Derived forms: adorns, adorning, adorned

Type of: alter, be, change, equip, exist, fit, fit out, modify, outfit

Encyclopedia: Adorn