adonise verb2 •To embellish or adorn, especially in order to improve the appearance of.Of all the looming Negroes that Lincoln could have brought into the White House to adonise his cause, Johnson had been his choice, with the scuttling train of a monitor lizard. — 2013 •To enhance one's own appearance.Leaving a breath to swell his tradesmen's books, To adonise, to smile, and kill with looks — 1820 formsAdonised · adonised · Adonising · adonising · Adonises · adonises