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orn

/ɔː(ɹ)n/

orn verb: to ornament; to adorn. Also the abbreviation of orange.

Verb

orn (third-person singular simple present orns, present participle orning, simple past and past participle orned)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To ornament; to adorn.
    • God stered vp prophetes and orned his chirche with great glory.1545, George Joye, The exposicion of Daniel the Prophete […]

Also used as

orn is also the abbreviation of orange.

Forms of orn

Verb
third-person singular presentorns
present participleorning
past participleorned
pastorned
Noun
pluralorns

Origin of orn

From Old French orner, from Latin ornō.

Questions about orn

What does orn mean?
Orn means to ornament; to adorn.
What part of speech is orn?
Orn is a verb.
How do you pronounce orn?
Orn is pronounced /ɔː(ɹ)n/.
What is the past tense of orn?
The past tense of orn is orned.

Words near orn in the dictionary

  1. Ormuri
  2. Ormus
  3. Ormuz
  4. ormyrid
  5. ormyrids
  6. orn
  7. ornament
  8. ornamental
  9. ornamental hermit
  10. ornamentalism
  11. ornamentalist

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