Results for ornament
Definitions of ornament:
part of speech: adjective
part of speech: verb transitive
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:
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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