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adonised

adonised is the simple past and past participle of adonise.

Meaning of adonise

Verb

adonise (third-person singular simple present adonises, present participle adonising, simple past and past participle adonised)

  1. (transitive) To embellish or adorn, especially in order to improve the appearance of.
    • Delighted with each other......we rambled....arm in arm......about the citron groves;.......and, when a mossy bank invited our repose...my charmer would weave garlands of flowers to adonise her shepherd ; ..........recline upon my arm..... and to the gentle lullaby of a murmuring stream..... sink...1804, Christoph Martin Wieland, Confessions in Elysium: Or, The Adventures of a Platonic, pages 73–74
  2. (intransitive) To enhance one's own appearance.
    • Leaving a breath to swell his tradesmen's books, To adonise, to smile, and kill with looks;1820, Peter Bayley, Sketches from St. George's Fields, page 122

Verb capitalized: Adonised

Adonised

  1. (participle, past) simple past and past participle of Adonise

Questions about adonised

What is adonised the simple past and past participle of?
Adonised is the simple past and past participle of adonise.
What part of speech is adonised?
Adonised is a verb.

Words near adonised in the dictionary

  1. Adonis belts
  2. Adonis blue
  3. Adonis blues
  4. adonis pleco
  5. adonise
  6. adonised
  7. adonises
  8. adonising
  9. Adonism
  10. adonist
  11. adonists

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