All 6 Uses of
adorn
in
David Copperfield
- Whatever station in society I may attain, through the medium of the learned profession of which I am about to become an unworthy member, I shall endeavour not to disgrace, and Mrs. Micawber will be safe to adorn.†
Chpt 34-36
- I saw those two together, in a bright perspective, such well-associated friends, each adorning the other so much!†
Chpt 37-39 *
- I could not see him for the tears which his earnestness and goodness, so adorned by, and so adorning, the perfect simplicity of his manner, brought into my eyes.†
Chpt 40-42
- I could not see him for the tears which his earnestness and goodness, so adorned by, and so adorning, the perfect simplicity of his manner, brought into my eyes.†
Chpt 40-42
- Its deep fidelity and goodness were not to be adorned by me or any man.†
Chpt 55-57
- The remaining toasts were DOCTOR MELL; Mrs. MICAWBER (who gracefully bowed her acknowledgements from the side-door, where a galaxy of beauty was elevated on chairs, at once to witness and adorn the gratifying scene), Mrs. RIDGER BEGS (late Miss Micawber); Mrs. MELL; WILKINS MICAWBER, ESQUIRE, JUNIOR (who convulsed the assembly by humorously remarking that he found himself unable to return thanks in a speech, but would do so, with their permission, in a song); Mrs. MICAWBER'S FAMILY…†
Chpt 63-64
Definition:
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(adorn) to decorate -- especially a person