0 present participle of ornament
1 to add decoration to something:
We have to invent tradition by freely ornamenting our recollections to gain not only some sense of self but also the acceptance of others.
Was this the time to spend money in ornamenting generals?
We are constantly "altering, repairing, ornamenting, finishing cleaning, washing, freezing, packing or canning, or adapting for sale, or breaking up or demolishing" white heather.
The 15th-century cloisters have many small bosses ornamenting the vault.
Hours would be spent washing, combing, oiling, styling and ornamenting their hair.
Major figurative decoration occurs particularly around the portals of cathedrals and churches, ornamenting the tympanum, lintels, jambs and central posts.
The purpose of the invention is described as providing a convenient and economical means of lettering, ornamenting, or filling the wire mesh.
Those in favor tried to create beautiful objects, approaching exotic subjects and ornamenting them with a musical language, but which are cold.