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English Synonyms and Antonyms

by James Champlin Fernald

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Adorn ( page 23 ).

Questions.

1. How does adorn differ from ornament? from garnish? from deck or bedeck? from decorate?

Examples.

At church, with meek and unaffected grace,
His looks —— the venerable place.

The red breast oft, at evening hours,
Shall kindly lend his little aid,
With hoary moss, and gathered flowers,
To —— the ground where thou art laid.

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