ōrnō āvī, ātus, āre, to fit out, furnish, provide, supply, equip, get ready, prepare: fugam, T.: quos ornaverat armis, V.: classīs, fit out: classis ornandae causā, L.: consulum provincias ornatas esse, i. e. the governors setting out for their provinces: uva Et nux ornabat mensas, H.

—To ornament, adorn, embellish, deck, set off: Italiam ornare quam domum suam maluit: scuta ad forum ornandum, L.: cornua sertis, V.: capillos, O.: caput foliis ornatus, V.

—Fig., to adorn, decorate, set off, commend, praise, extol, honor, dignify, distinguish: magnificentius ornare quae vellet: civitatem omnibus rebus, Cs.: me laudibus: eum ornasti, have promoted: hederā poetam, V.: ornatus esses ex tuis virtutibus, would have been rewarded, T.