embellish
[ em-bel-ish ]
/ ɛmˈbɛl ɪʃ /
verb (used with object)
to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.
to enhance (a statement or narrative) with fictitious additions.
Origin of embellish
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British Dictionary definitions for embellishing
embellish
/ (ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ) /
verb (tr)
to improve or beautify by adding detail or ornament; adorn
to make (a story) more interesting by adding detail
to provide (a melody, part, etc) with ornaments
See ornament (def. 5)
Derived forms of embellish
embellisher, noun embellishment, nounWord Origin for embellish
C14: from Old French
embelir, from
bel beautiful, from Latin
bellus