Embellish Definition

ĕm-bĕlĭsh

embellished, embellishes, embellishing

verb

embellished, embellishes, embellishing

To make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate.

American Heritage

To decorate or improve by adding detail; ornament; adorn.

Webster's New World

To add grace notes, syncopated accents, trills, etc. to (a melody)

Webster's New World

To improve (an account or report) by adding details, often of a fictitious or imaginary kind; touch up.

Webster's New World

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

To embellish a story, the truth.

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Origin of Embellish

Middle English embelishen from Old French embellir embelliss- en- causative pref. en–¹ bel beautiful (from Latin bellus deu-² in Indo-European roots)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Borrowing from Old French embellir.

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