Adorner

a·dorn  (-dôrn)

tr.v. a·dorned, a·dorn·ing, a·dorns

1. To lend beauty to: "the pale mimosas that adorned the favorite promenade" (Ronald Firbank).

2. To enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments: "[He] requires the presence of titles to legitimate and adorn . . . his imperfect status" (Cynthia Ozick).

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[Middle English adornen, from Old French adourner, from Latin adrnre : ad-, ad- + rnre, to decorate; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]

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a·dorner n.