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Adown vs Adorn - What's the difference?

adown | adorn |

As an adverb adown

is (label) down, downward; to or in a lower place.

As a preposition adown

is (archaic) down.

As a verb adorn is

to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

As a noun adorn is

(obsolete) adornment.

adown

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • (label) Down, downward; to or in a lower place.
  • *, Bk.X, Ch.xix:
    • Whan Sir Palomydes had herde hym sey so, he kneled adowne and asked mercy.
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
    • Thrice did she sink adown .

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (archaic) down
  • * J. H. Riddell, The Uninhabited House
    • I fell from one dream into another; found myself wandering through impossible places;

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "adown")

    adorn

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
    • a man adorned with noble statuary and columns
    a character adorned with every Christian grace
    a gallery of paintings was adorned with the works of some of the great masters
  • * Bible, Isa. lxi. 10
    • as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels
  • * Goldsmith
    • At church, with meek and unaffected grace, / His looks adorned the venerable place.

    Synonyms

    * beautify * bedeck * decorate * deck * grace * ornament * prettify * See also

    Noun

  • (obsolete) adornment
    • (Spenser)

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