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embellishing
Word definitions for embellishing in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Embellish \Em*bel"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embellished ; p. pr. & vb. n. Embellishing .] [OE. embelisen, embelisshen, F. embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See Beauty .] To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of embellish English)
Usage examples of embellishing.
Although singing crystal brought with it an inexhaustible ability to metabolize alcohol without noticeable affect, she feigned the symptoms of intoxication as she confided her fake history to the Jungian, whenever necessary embellishing her actual experiences at the Arts Complex.
Of course Belle was a pathological liar, but I had read somewhere that pathological liars usually have a pattern, starting from the truth and embellishing it, rather than indulging in complete fancy.
I was better, but in order to contrive with my body, to impose my wishes upon it or to cede prudently to its will, I devoted as much art as I had formerly employed in regulating and enlarging my world, in building the being who I am, and in embellishing my life.
Then again, it might have been that the two men from your platoon were embellishing or lying when they spoke to Picard.
And you have no business embellishing it and then spreading it all over town.
Stone carvings embellishing the beautiful old building cast long black shadows down the wall, ebony jail bars gripping it tightly, squeezing away the last remnants of sanctity.