Or·nate a.
1. Elaborately adorned or decorated; beautifully sumptuous. “So bedecked, ornate, and gay.”
2. Finely finished, as a style of composition.
A graceful and ornate rhetoric. --Milton.
Or·nate, v. t. To adorn; to honor. [R.]
They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. --Latimer.
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ornate
adj 1: rich in decorative detail [syn: embellished, ornamented]
2: marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative
details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out
of the rule of Plato"-John Milton [syn: flowery]