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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)
EXPANDun·em·bel·lished, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. decorate, garnish, bedeck, embroider.
1. decorate, garnish, bedeck, embroider.
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Embellishing
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Etymonline
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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