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v - Beautify, usually used of a man.

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Usage examples (4)
  • 'Whenever I find myself growing vaporish I rouse myself, wash and put on a clean shirt, brush my hair and clothes, tie my shoe-strings neatly, and, in fact, adonize, as...
  • “Time enough yet though, to adonize,” resumed sir Cyril, pulling out his watch.
  • - Botany closely attached; related; grown together especially unusually. adnation, adonize v. - i. & t. ornament; adorn oneself (of men).
  • "Many thanks, Philip, but before I adonize my outward man I should wish to satisfy my inward cravings; and, to tell you the truth, I'm so hungry from not having broken...
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