1. To award a mark of honor, as a medal, to.
2. To make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; SYN. adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify.

In architecture, the second period of English Gothic, covering the latter part of the 13th century and the 14th century. Chief characteristics include ornate window tracery, the window being divided into several lights by vertical bars called mullions; sharp spires ornamented with crockets and pinnacles; complex church vaulting; and slender arcade piers.