Both Uses of
adorn
in
The Idiot
- There was a narrow pier-glass against the wall, and a chandelier adorned with lustres hung by a bronze chain from the ceiling.†
Chpt 2.2 *
- The story was so artfully adorned with scandalous details, and persons of so great eminence and importance were apparently mixed up in it, while, at the same time, the evidence was so circumstantial, that it was no wonder the matter gave food for plenty of curiosity and gossip.†
Chpt 4.9
Definition:
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(adorn) to decorate -- especially a person