orn
See also: Appendix:Variations of "orn"
English
Etymology
From Old French orner, from Latin ornō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔː(ɹ)n/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Verb
orn (third-person singular simple present orns, present participle orning, simple past and past participle orned)
- (transitive, obsolete) To ornament; to adorn.
- 1545, George Joye, The exposicion of Daniel the Prophete […] :
- God stered vp prophetes and orned his chirche with great glory.
References
- “orn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Middle English
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