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em⋅broi⋅der

  [em-broi-der]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to decorate with ornamental needlework.
2. to produce or form in needlework.
3. to adorn or embellish rhetorically, esp. with ornate language or fictitious details: He embroidered the account of the shipwreck to hold his listeners' interest.
–verb (used without object)
4. to do embroidery.
5. to add embellishments; exaggerate (often fol. by on or upon).
Origin:
1350–1400; em- 1 + broider; r. ME embroderen, freq. of embroden < MF embro(u)der, equiv. to em- em- 1 + OF brosder, deriv. of brosd < Gmc (see brad )

Related forms:
em⋅broi⋅der⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
3. elaborate, exaggerate, color, fancify.
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Word Origin & History

embroider 
c.1400, from Anglo-Norm. enbrouder, from en- "in" + broisder "embroider," from Frank. *brozdon, from P.Gmc. *bruzdajanan. Influenced by O.E. brogden, pp. of bregad "to weave" (see braid). First record of embroidery is 1393.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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