Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To embellish or adorn, especially in order to improve the appearance of.

  2. (intransitive)To enhance one's own appearance.

Origin

From Adonis + -ise.

From Adonis + -ise.

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Forms

adonises, adonising, adonised, adonised
Base formadonise · to adonise
3rd person singularadonises
Present participleadonising
Past simpleadonised
Past participleadonised

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyadonise
he, she, itadonises

Past simpleLesson

all personsadonised

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave adonised
he, she, ithas adonised

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill adonise

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
adoboadolescenceadolescentadoptB1adoptionB2adoptiveadorableB1
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