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exornate

exornate verb: to embellish, adorn, decorate.

Verb

exornate (third-person singular simple present exornates, present participle exornating, simple past and past participle exornated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To embellish, adorn, decorate.

Forms of exornate

third-person singular presentexornates
present participleexornating
past participleexornated
pastexornated

Origin of exornate

From Latin exōrnātus.

Questions about exornate

What does exornate mean?
Exornate means to embellish, adorn, decorate.
What part of speech is exornate?
Exornate is a verb.
What is the past tense of exornate?
The past tense of exornate is exornated.

Words near exornate in the dictionary

  1. exoribonucleases
  2. exoribonucleolysis
  3. exoribonucleolytic
  4. exoring
  5. exorings
  6. exornate
  7. exornation
  8. exornations
  9. exorotation
  10. exorotations
  11. exorphin

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