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English Dictionary: ornate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ornate
adj
  1. marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton
    Synonym(s): flowery, ornate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ornate \Or*nate"\, a. [L. ornatus, p. p. of ornare to adorn.]
      1. Adorned; decorated; beautiful. [bd]So bedecked, ornate,
            and gay.[b8] --Milton.
  
      2. Finely finished, as a style of composition.
  
                     A graceful and ornate rhetoric.         --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ornate \Or*nate"\, v. t.
      To adorn; to honor. [R.]
  
               They may ornate and sanctify the name of God.
                                                                              --Latimer.
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