embellish
Use Embellish in a sentence
ɪʃ verb (used with object)
1.
to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.
2.
to enhance (a statement or narrative) with fictitious additions.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English embelisshen < Anglo-French, Middle French embeliss- (stem of embelir), equivalent to em- em-1 + bel- (< Latin bellus pretty) + -iss- -ish2
1300–50; Middle English embelisshen < Anglo-French, Middle French embeliss- (stem of embelir), equivalent to em- em-1 + bel- (< Latin bellus pretty) + -iss- -ish2
Related forms
em·bel·lish·er, noun
non·em·bel·lished, adjective
non·em·bel·lish·ing, adjective
o·ver·em·bel·lish, verb (used with object)
re·em·bel·lish, verb (used with object)
Synonyms
1. decorate, garnish, bedeck, embroider.
1. decorate, garnish, bedeck, embroider.
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embellish (ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to improve or beautify by adding detail or ornament; adorn |
| 2. | to make (a story) more interesting by adding detail |
| 3. | See ornament to provide (a melody, part, etc) with ornaments |
| [C14: from Old French embelir, from bel beautiful, from Latin bellus] | |
| em'bellisher | |
| —n | |
| em'bellishment | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
embellish
mid-14c., "to render beautiful," from O.Fr. embelliss-, pp. stem of embellir "make beautiful, ornament," from bel "beautiful," from L. bellus. Meaning "dress up (a narration) with fictitious matter" is from mid-15c.
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Example sentences
Although applicants may embellish income and conceal debt, their intent is to repay the loan.
Not because they are trying to embellish the truth, but because they actually believe full heartedly what they are saying.
He avoids the obvious temptations to embellish, instead hitting each note as if it were a bull's eye in a clear, firm voice.
In a seemingly paradoxical fashion, a new technology was used to embellish nature.
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