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adorn

point ADORN, DECORATE, ORNAMENT, EMBELLISH, BEAUTIFY, DECK, GARNISH mean to enhance the appearance of something by adding something unessential.
ADORN implies an enhancing by something beautiful in itself.
e.g. a diamond necklace adorned her neck
DECORATE suggests relieving plainness or monotony by adding beauty of color or design.
e.g. decorate a birthday cake
ORNAMENT and EMBELLISH imply the adding of something extraneous
ORNAMENT stressing the heightening or setting off of the original
e.g. a white house ornamented with green shutters
EMBELLISH often stressing the adding of superfluous or adventitious ornament.
e.g. embellish a page with floral borders
BEAUTIFY adds to EMBELLISH a suggestion of counterbalancing plainness or ugliness.
e.g. will beautify the grounds with flower beds
DECK implies the addition of something that contributes to gaiety, splendor, or showiness.
e.g. a house all decked out for Christmas
GARNISH suggests decorating with a small final touch and is used especially in referring to the serving of food.
e.g. an entrée garnished with parsley

verb with object
make more beautiful or attractive:
«…で» …を装飾する, 飾る(decorate) «with» (!しばしば受け身で)
…に美しさ[輝き, 魅力]を加える; …を引き立てる.
e.g. pictures and prints adorned his walls.

DERIVATIVES
adorner noun

ORIGIN
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin adornare, from ad-to’ + ornaredeck, add luster’.