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em·bel·lish    Audio Help   (ěm-běl'ĭsh)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   em·bel·lished, em·bel·lish·ing, em·bel·lish·es
  1. To make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate.
  2. To add ornamental or fictitious details to: a fanciful account that embellishes the true story.


[Middle English embelishen, from Old French embellir, embelliss- : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + bel, beautiful (from Latin bellus; see deu-2 in Indo-European roots).]

em·bel'lish·er n.
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