Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to adorn
Participle: adorned
Gerund: adorning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | adorn |
| you | adorn |
| he;she;it | adorns |
| we | adorn |
| you | adorn |
| they | adorn |
Perfect
| I | have adorned |
| you | have adorned |
| he;she;it | has adorned |
| we | have adorned |
| you | have adorned |
| they | have adorned |
Past
| I | adorned |
| you | adorned |
| he;she;it | adorned |
| we | adorned |
| you | adorned |
| they | adorned |
Pluperfect
| I | had adorned |
| you | had adorned |
| he;she;it | had adorned |
| we | had adorned |
| you | had adorned |
| they | had adorned |
Future
| I | will adorn |
| you | will adorn |
| he;she;it | will adorn |
| we | will adorn |
| you | will adorn |
| they | will adorn |
Future Perfect
| I | will have adorned |
| you | will have adorned |
| he;she;it | will have adorned |
| we | will have adorned |
| you | will have adorned |
| they | will have adorned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | adorn |
| you | adorn |
| he;she;it | adorn |
| we | adorn |
| you | adorn |
| they | adorn |
Perfect
| I | have adorned |
| you | have adorned |
| he;she;it | have adorned |
| we | have adorned |
| you | have adorned |
| they | have adorned |
Imperfect
| I | adorned |
| you | adorned |
| he;she;it | adorned |
| we | adorned |
| you | adorned |
| they | adorned |
Pluperfect
| I | had adorned |
| you | had adorned |
| he;she;it | had adorned |
| we | had adorned |
| you | had adorned |
| they | had adorned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would adorn |
| you | would adorn |
| he;she;it | would adorn |
| we | would adorn |
| you | would adorn |
| they | would adorn |
Perfect
| I | would have adorned |
| you | would have adorned |
| he;she;it | would have adorned |
| we | would have adorned |
| you | would have adorned |
| they | would have adorned |
Imperative
| you | adorn |
| we | Let's adorn |
| you | adorn |
Verbs conjugated like 'adorn'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'adorn'
adore,
anorn,
abord,
abort,
adhort,
adjoin,
adjourn,
admin,
ado,
adopt,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make pretty
- apparel, array, beautify, bedeck, deck, deck out, decorate, decore, do up, dress up, dub, embellish, garnish, grace, ornament, prettify, pretty up
- beautify
- decorate, embellish, garnish, bedeck, festoon, ornament, trim
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English adornen, adournen, from Latin adōrnāre; from ad- + ōrnō (“furnish, embellish”). See adore, ornate. Replaced earlier Middle English aournen (“to adorn”) borrowed from Old French aorner, from the same Latin source. See: Latin '
adōrnō', Old French '
aorner'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] This steamboat, which is called the Burlington, is a perfectly exquisite achievement of neatness, elegance, and order. The decks are drawing-rooms; the cabins are boudoirs, choicely furnished and adorned with prints, pictures, and musical instruments; every nook and corner in the vessel is a perfect curiosity of graceful comfort and beautiful contrivance. Captain Sherman, her commander, to whose [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)