adorn

1. Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. (synset 201679858)
   "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   subtypes:

   • wreathe - decorate or deck with wreaths
   • beset, encrust, incrust - decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
   • braid - decorate with braids or ribbons
   • broider, embroider - decorate with needlework
   • stick - cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
   • illustrate - supply with illustrations
   • garland - adorn with bands of flowers or leaves
   • fledge, flight - decorate with feathers
   • bespangle, spangle - decorate with spangles
   • foliate - decorate with leaves
   • flag - decorate with flags
   • bard, barde, caparison, dress up - put a caparison on
   • bead - decorate by sewing beads onto
   • pipe - trim with piping
   • applique - sew on as a decoration
   • gild the lily, paint the lily - adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful)
   • vermiculate - decorate with wavy or winding lines
   • smock - embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally
   • hang - decorate or furnish with something suspended
   • prank - dress or decorate showily or gaudily
   • tinsel - adorn with tinsel
   • tart up - decorate in a cheap and flashy way
   • stucco - decorate with stucco work
   • redecorate - redo the decoration of an apartment or house
   • panel - decorate with panels
   • bejewel, jewel - adorn or decorate with precious stones
   • filet, fillet - decorate with a lace of geometric designs
   • scallop - decorate an edge with scallops
   • bedizen - decorate tastelessly
   • dress ship - decorate a ship with flags
   • dress, garnish, trim - decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
   • trim - decorate, as with ornaments
   • bedeck, bedight, deck - decorate
   • festoon - decorate with strings of flowers
   • enamel - coat, inlay, or surface with enamel
   • inlay - decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal
   • lacquer - coat with lacquer
   • begild, engild, gild - decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
   • illuminate - add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
   • blazon, emblazon - decorate with heraldic arms
   • color, colour, emblazon - decorate with colors
   • fringe - adorn with a fringe
   • fret - decorate with an interlaced design
   • landscape - embellish with plants
   same as: beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament
   verb group: ornament - be an ornament to
2. Be beautiful to look at (synset 202754802)
   "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
   is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
   subtypes: ornament - be an ornament to
   same as: beautify, deck, decorate, embellish, grace
3. Furnish with power or authority;
   Of kings or emperors (synset 202391817)
   is a type of: equip, fit, fit out, outfit - provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
   same as: clothe, invest

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