Meaning of ORNATE
| Pronunciation: | | or'neyt
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- [adj] rich in decorative detail
- [adj] marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton
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| | Synonyms: | | adorned, decorated, embellished, flowery, ornamented, rhetorical |
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\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.
\Or*nate"\, v. t.
To adorn; to honor. [R.]
They may ornate and sanctify the name of God.
--Latimer.
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