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Definition of: ornate
(ôr·nāt′) adjective
1. Ornamented to a marked degree; artistically elaborate, as a literary style.
2. Ornamented; decorated. [<L ornatus, pp. of ornare adorn]
—or·nate′ly adverb
—or·nate′ness noun
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