Results for ornament

Definitions of ornament:

part of speech: adjective

Ornamental.

part of speech: verb transitive

To adorn; bedeck; decorate.

part of speech: verb transitive

To adorn: to furnish with ornaments.

part of speech: verb

To render more beautiful or attractive to the eye; to embellish.

part of speech: noun

Anything that adds grace or beauty: additional beauty:- pl. ( Pr. Bk.) all the articles used in the services of the church.

Usage examples for ornament:

• May you stand, not as a substitute for virtue, but as an ornament of virtue, as a security for virtue! "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. XII. (of XII.)", Edmund Burke

• It was a solid and stately place, wholly bare of ornament "Father Payne", Arthur Christopher Benson

• 2: 12. 21. I come next to the mountains, which by their height and beauty are no small ornament to the earth. "True Christianity", Johann Arndt

• You are quite right in not neglecting your German for it, and in thinking that it will be of more use to you; it certainly will, in the course of your business; but Italian has its use too, and is an ornament into the bargain; there being many very polite and good authors in that language. "Letters to His Son, 1749", The Earl of Chesterfield