Or*nate" (?), a. [L. ornatus, p. p. of ornare to adorn.]

1.

Adorned; decorated; beautiful.

"So bedecked, ornate, and gay."

Milton.

2.

Finely finished, as a style of composition.

A graceful and ornate rhetoric. Milton.

 

© Webster 1913.


Or*nate", v. t.

To adorn; to honor.

[R.]

They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. Latimer.

 

© Webster 1913.

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