I'm a bit short on brain myself; the old bean would appear to have been constructed more for ornament than for use.

Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.

We will ornament the windows with trim to make the room seem brighter.

The editor ornamented his plain writing, making it fancier but less clear.

Not a scene goes by that hasn't been ornamented with a split screen, a freeze frame, a caption, a voice-over, a switch between monochrome and colour, or a change of the aspect radio[sic].

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