EMBELLISH

fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify

(verb) make more beautiful

embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise

(verb) add details to

decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify

(verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; “Decorate the room for the party”; “beautify yourself for the special day”

deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify

(verb) be beautiful to look at; “Flowers adorned the tables everywhere”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

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.

To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider.

Synonyms

• adorn

• beautify

• decorate

• deck

• grace

• ornament

• prettify

• See also decorate

Source: Wiktionary

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Em*bel"lish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embellished; p. pr. & vb. n. Embellishing.] Etym: [OE. embelisen, embelisshen, F. embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See Beauty.]

Definition: To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors.

Syn.

– To adorn; beautify; deck; bedeck; decorate; garnish; enrich; ornament; illustrate. See Adorn.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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