Embellish came to English, by way of Anglo-French, from the Latin word bellus, meaning "beautiful." It's in good company: modern language is adorned with bellus descendants. Examples include such …

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EMBELLISHED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of embellish 2. to make something more beautiful by adding…. Learn more.

Embellish often has the positive meaning of adding something to make it more handsome or beautifully decorated. But, while adding bells to something looks great at first, after a couple of hours of bells …

(humorous) I didn't lie, I just embellished the story a little bit.

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Define embellished. embellished synonyms, embellished pronunciation, embellished translation, English dictionary definition of embellished. tr.v. em·bel·lished , em·bel·lish·ing , em·bel·lish·es 1. To make …

Definition of embellish verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

EMBELLISH definition: to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn. See examples of embellish used in a sentence.

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