embellish

  • 11embellish — verb Embellish is used with these nouns as the object: ↑story …

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  • 12embellish — em|bel|lish [ımˈbelıʃ] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: embelir, from bel beautiful ] 1.) to make something more beautiful by adding decorations to it embellish sth with sth ▪ The dress was embellished with gold threads. 2.) to make… …

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  • 13embellish — [14] To embellish something is literally to ‘make it beautiful’. It comes from Old French embellir, a compound verb formed from the prefix en , which denotes ‘causing’ or ‘making’, and bel ‘beautiful’. This Old French adjective (source of modern… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 14embellish — [14] To embellish something is literally to ‘make it beautiful’. It comes from Old French embellir, a compound verb formed from the prefix en , which denotes ‘causing’ or ‘making’, and bel ‘beautiful’. This Old French adjective (source of modern… …

    Word origins

  • 15embellish — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French embeliss , stem of embelir, from en + bel beautiful more at beauty Date: 14th century 1. to make beautiful with ornamentation ; decorate < a book embellished with illustrations > 2. to&#8230; …

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  • 16embellish — embellisher, n. /em bel ish/, v.t. 1. to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn. 2. to enhance (a statement or narrative) with fictitious additions. [1300 50; ME embelisshen < AF, MF embeliss (s. of embelir), equiv. to em EM 1 +&#8230; …

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  • 17embellish — Synonyms and related words: adorn, apparel, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, belie, blazon, camouflage, caparison, color, convolute, cultivate, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, develop, disguise, distort, dizen, doll up, dress, dress up,&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 18embellish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. ornament; embroider (see exaggeration). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. adorn, ornament, deck; see decorate . See Synonym Study at decorate . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. enhance, adorn, ornament,&#8230; …

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  • 19embellish — em|bel|lish [ ım belıʃ ] verb intransitive or transitive 1. ) to make a story more interesting by adding details, especially ones that are not completely true 2. ) to make something more beautiful by decorating it …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20embellish — em·bel·lish || ɪm belɪʃ v. adorn, beautify, ornament, decorate …

    English contemporary dictionary