All 5 Uses of
adorn
in
Of Human Bondage
- Josiah Graves that morning had objected strongly to some candlesticks with which the Vicar had adorned the altar.†
Chpt 7-8 *adorned = decorated
- There was a big desk in it, and a couple of big arm-chairs; a Turkey carpet adorned the floor, and the walls were decorated with sporting prints.†
Chpt 35-36
- For I would point a moral and adorn a tale.'†
Chpt 45-46adorn = decorate
- His attention had been drawn to it often by the three words in silver lettering on a black cloth, which, with two model coffins, adorned the window: Economy, Celerity, Propriety.†
Chpt 85-86adorned = decorated
- He wore a silk hat and a frock coat, the lapel of which was adorned with a white geranium surrounded by leaves.†
Chpt 99-100
Definition:
to decorate -- especially a person