Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ornament
Participle: ornamented
Gerund: ornamenting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ornament |
| you | ornament |
| he;she;it | ornaments |
| we | ornament |
| you | ornament |
| they | ornament |
Perfect
| I | have ornamented |
| you | have ornamented |
| he;she;it | has ornamented |
| we | have ornamented |
| you | have ornamented |
| they | have ornamented |
Past
| I | ornamented |
| you | ornamented |
| he;she;it | ornamented |
| we | ornamented |
| you | ornamented |
| they | ornamented |
Pluperfect
| I | had ornamented |
| you | had ornamented |
| he;she;it | had ornamented |
| we | had ornamented |
| you | had ornamented |
| they | had ornamented |
Future
| I | will ornament |
| you | will ornament |
| he;she;it | will ornament |
| we | will ornament |
| you | will ornament |
| they | will ornament |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ornamented |
| you | will have ornamented |
| he;she;it | will have ornamented |
| we | will have ornamented |
| you | will have ornamented |
| they | will have ornamented |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ornament |
| you | ornament |
| he;she;it | ornament |
| we | ornament |
| you | ornament |
| they | ornament |
Perfect
| I | have ornamented |
| you | have ornamented |
| he;she;it | have ornamented |
| we | have ornamented |
| you | have ornamented |
| they | have ornamented |
Imperfect
| I | ornamented |
| you | ornamented |
| he;she;it | ornamented |
| we | ornamented |
| you | ornamented |
| they | ornamented |
Pluperfect
| I | had ornamented |
| you | had ornamented |
| he;she;it | had ornamented |
| we | had ornamented |
| you | had ornamented |
| they | had ornamented |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ornament |
| you | would ornament |
| he;she;it | would ornament |
| we | would ornament |
| you | would ornament |
| they | would ornament |
Perfect
| I | would have ornamented |
| you | would have ornamented |
| he;she;it | would have ornamented |
| we | would have ornamented |
| you | would have ornamented |
| they | would have ornamented |
Imperative
| you | ornament |
| we | Let's ornament |
| you | ornament |
Verbs conjugated like 'ornament'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ornament'
argument,
fragment,
lament,
liniment,
monument,
orient,
ornate,
reamend,
torment,
aliment,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make pretty
- adorn, apparel, array, beautify, bedeck, deck, deck out, decorate, decore, do up, dress up, dub, embellish, garnish, grace, prettify, pretty up
- decorate
- adorn, beautify, bedeck, embellish, garnish, grace, trim
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English ornament, from Old French ornement, from Latin ornamentum (“equipment, apparatus, furniture, trappings, adornment, embellishment”), from ornāre (“to equip, adorn”). The verb is derived from the noun.
Sample Sentences
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[...] roof. In the gallery opposite to the pulpit were a little choir of male and female singers, a violoncello, and a violin. The preacher already sat in the pulpit, which was raised on pillars, and ornamented behind him with painted drapery of a lively and somewhat theatrical appearance. He looked a weather-beaten hard-featured man, of about six or eight and fifty; with deep lines graven as it were into [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Heyday! the landlady of Almack’s thrives! A buxom fat mulatto woman, with sparkling eyes, whose head is daintily ornamented with a handkerchief of many colours. Nor is the landlord much behind her in his finery, being attired in a smart blue jacket, like a ship 's steward, with a thick gold ring upon his little finger, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] the two houses of Assembly. But there is, besides, in the centre of the building, a fine rotunda, ninety-six feet in diameter, and ninety-six high, whose circular wall is divided into compartments, ornamented by historical pictures. Four of these have for their subjects prominent events in the revolutionary struggle. They were painted by Colonel Trumbull, himself a member of Washington 's staff at the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and Doctor Crocus looks as if I did n't by any means realise his expectations, which, in a linen blouse, and a great straw hat, with a green ribbon, and no gloves, and my face and nose profusely ornamented with the stings of mosquitoes and the bites of bugs, it is very likely I did not.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] for some one or two hours. Instead of making the bed, she would amuse herself with pulling off the pillowcases, butting her woolly head among the pillows, till it would sometimes be grotesquely ornamented with feathers sticking out in various directions; she would climb the posts, and hang head downward from the tops; flourish the sheets and spreads all over the apartment; dress the bolster up in [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)