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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Ornate

/ôr-nāt'/ · Or·nate · IPA /ɔɹˈneɪt/
01 a. Elaborately adorned or decorated; beautifully sumptuous.
  1. 1.
    Elaborately adorned or decorated; beautifully sumptuous.
  2. 2.
    Finely finished, as a style of composition.
    “A graceful and ornate rhetoric.” — Milton.
02 v. t. To adorn; to honor.
  1. 1.
    To adorn; to honor.[R.]
    “They may ornate and sanctify the name of God.” — Latimer.