ted_ can not express. We say of some
admirable scholar or statesman, "he touched nothing that he did not
_adorn_."

At church, with meek and unaffected grace,
His looks _adorned_ the venerable place.

GOLDSMITH _Deserted Village_, l. 178.

Antonyms:

deface, deform, disfigure, mar, spoil.

Preposition:

Adorn his temples _with_ a coronet.

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AFFRONT.

Synonyms:

aggravate, exasperate, offend, vex,
annoy, insult, provoke, wound.
displease, irritate, tease,

One may be _annoyed_ by the well-meaning awkwardness of a servant,
_irritated_ by a tight shoe or a thoughtless remark, _vexed_ at some
careless neglect or needless misfortune, _wounded_ by the ingratitude of
child or friend. To _tease_ is to give some slight and perhaps playful
annoyance. _Aggravate_ in the sense of _offend_ is colloquial. To
_provoke_, literally to call out or challenge, is to begin a contest;
one _provokes_ another to violence. To _affront_ is to offer some
defiant offense or indignity, as it were, to one's face; it is somewhat
less than to _insult_. Compare PIQUE.

Antonyms:

conciliate, content, gratify, honor, please.

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AGENT.

Synonyms:

actor, factor, means, operator, promoter.
doer, instrument, mover, performer,

In strict philosophical usage, the prime _mover_ or _doer_ of an act is
the _agent_. Thus we speak of man as a voluntary _agent_, a free
_agent_. But in common usage, especially in business, an _agent_ is not
the prime _actor_, but only an _instrument_ or _factor_, acting under
orders or instructions. Compare CAUSE.

Antonyms:

chief, inventor, originator, principal.

Prepositions:

An agent _of_ the company _for_ selling, etc.

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AGREE.

Synonyms:

accede, admit, coincide, concur,
accept, approve, combine, consent,
accord, assent, comply, harmonize.
acquiesce,

_Agree_ is the most general term of this group, signifying to have like
qualities, proportions, views, or inclinations, so as to be free from
jar, conflict, or contradiction in a given relation. To _concur_ is to
_agree_ in general; to _coincide_ is to _agree_ in every particular.
Whether in application to persons or things, _concur_ tends to
expression in action more than _coincid