▪ I. † eˈxornate, pple. Obs.
[ad. L. exornāt-us, pa. pple. of exornāre: see prec.]
Adorned.
| 1509 Hawes Past. Pleas. xii. i, Whan the matter is founde by invencyon..And by elocucyons famous clerenes Exornate well. |
▪ II. † eˈxornate, v. Obs.
[f. ppl. stem of L. exornāre: see exorn.]
trans. To adorn, embellish.
| 1539 Taverner Gard. Wysed. ii. 17 b, Gods propertye is, to garnyshe and exornate the offyce of the magistrat and rulers. 1572 L. Lloyd Pilgr. Pr. (1607) 30 Nature was alwayes desirous..to exornate and beautifie her selfe with knowledge. 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie ii. (Arb.) 142 Their hemimeris or halfe foote serued..to bewtifie and exornate the verse. 1656–81 in Blount Glossogr. |