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Definition of Adonize
1. v. t. To beautify; to dandify.
Definition of Adonize
1. Verb. To make something or someone (especially a man) more beautiful ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adonize
1. to adorn (oneself) [v ADONIZED, ADONIZING, ADONIZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adonize
Literary usage of Adonize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1834)
"In consequent joyless abstraction, he continued to eat, drink, and sleep, to
dress, dance, and adonize as usual, while his fancy was, perpetually, ..."
2. Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian Tales, Hymns, Litanies, Invocations by Epiphanius Wilson (1901)
"11), and then returned to Gilgal (15). though in the case of the King of Ac-
curred, while the five kings, adonize- wife; but this is for a special reason ..."
3. Rambles and Scrambles in North and South America by Edward Robert Sullivan (1852)
"... a young Indian's ambition is to possess a looking-glass, which they cherish 'as
their life, and use at least a dozen times a-day to adonize themselves. ..."
4. The Republic of Letters: A Selection, in Poetry and Prose, from the Works of edited by Alexander Whitelaw (1835)
"... and offering me, as usual, a vale, J^omine, off flew Ritchie Falconer to
adonize and amuse some other customer. Arraying myself in my morning suit, ..."
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