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. Princes (1607), 30. And because nature was alwayes desirous to bee acquainted with Arte, as a thing to exornate and beautifie her selfe with knowledge, the first inuented letters as the foundation and the ground, whence all learning doth proceed.
1589. Puttenham, Eng. Poesie, II. (Arb.), 142. Their hemimeris or halfe foote serued … to bewtifie and exornate the verse.
1656–81. in Blount, Glossogr.
