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Webster 1913 Edition
Ornate
Or-nate′
,Adj.
[L.
ornatus
, p. p. of ornare
to adorn.] 1.
Elaborately adorned or decorated; beautifully sumptuous.
“So bedecked, ornate, and gay.” Milton.
2.
Finely finished, as a style of composition.
A graceful and
ornate
rhetoric. Milton.
Or-nate′
,Verb.
T.
To adorn; to honor.
[R.]
They may
ornate
and sanctify the name of God. Latimer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ornate
OR'NATE
,Adj.