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| em·bel·lish [ em béllish ] (past and past participle em·bel·lished, present participle em·bel·lish·ing, 3rd person present singular em·bel·lish·es) |
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1. beautify something: to increase the beauty of something by adding ornaments or decorations
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2. add false details to something: to make an account or description more interesting by inventing or exaggerating details
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3. music add ornamentation to melody: to add extra notes, accents, or trills to a melody to make it more beautiful or interesting
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| [14th century. < Old French embelliss-, stem of embellir "make beautiful" < bel "beautiful" < Latin bellus] |
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 em·bel·lish·ment noun |
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