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Webster 1828 Edition
Embellish
EMBEL'LISH
,Verb.
T.
1.
To adorn; to beautify; to decorate; to make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; applied to persons or things. We embellish the person with rich apparel, a garden with shrubs and flowers, and style with metaphors.2.
To make graceful or elegant; as, to embellish manners.Definition 2024
embellish
embellish
English
Verb
embellish (third-person singular simple present embellishes, present participle embellishing, simple past and past participle embellished)
- To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
- The old book cover was embellished with golden letters
- 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian, London:
- Podolski gave Walcott a chance to further embellish Arsenal's first-half performance when he eluded James Perch and slipped the ball through to the striker.
- To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality, to distort.
- to embellish a story, the truth
Synonyms
Translations
To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate
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To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality, to distort
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