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ornates

ornates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ornate.

Meaning of ornate

Verb

ornate (third-person singular simple present ornates, present participle ornating, simple past and past participle ornated)

  1. (obsolete) To adorn or honour (someone or something).
    • And truely thoſe that lyue in the feare of god, (conſydering that they ſerue not only their carnal maiſters, but God hymſelfe,) they be in a good caſe: but they may not bee eye ſeruauntes. […] Saincte Paule woulde haue them to lyue ſo, that they maye ornate and ſanctifye the name of God.1552, Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “The Second Sermon”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562...

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Questions about ornates

What is ornates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ornates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ornate.

Words near ornates in the dictionary

  1. ornate tinamous
  2. ornated
  3. ornately
  4. ornateness
  5. ornatenesses
  6. ornates
  7. ornatest
  8. ornating
  9. ornative
  10. ornatives
  11. ornatrix

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