Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - embellish
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Embellish
embellish
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(embellishes, embellishing, embellished) 1. If something is embellished with decorative features or patterns, it has those features or patterns on it and they make it look more attractive. The stern was embellished with carvings in red and blue... Ivy leaves embellish the front of the dresser... VERB: be V-ed with n, V n 2. If you embellish a story, you make it more interesting by adding details which may be untrue. I launched into the parable, embellishing the story with invented dialogue and extra details... Irving popularized the story in a dramatic and embellished account. VERB: V n, V-ed ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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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 ~ed with illustrations 2. to heighten the attractiveness of by adding decorative or fanciful details ; enhance ~ed our account of the trip Synonyms: see adorn • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 beautify, adorn. 2 add interest to (a narrative) with fictitious additions. Derivatives embellisher n. embellishment n. Etymology: ME f. OF embellir (as EN-(1), bel handsome f. L bellus) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. украшать, разукрашивать to embellish a dress with lace and ribbons —- оживить (отделать) платье кружевами и лентами the book was embellished with (by) drawings —- книгу украшали рисунки 2. приукрашивать (выдумкой), привирать to embellish a story with details —- присочинить подробности 3. наделять красотой, делать красивым ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) украшать (with) The leather cover of the old book was embellished with gold letters. 2) приукрашивать (выдумкой рассказ и т.п.) (with) The prisoner embellished his story with lies. Syn: see ornament ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1380, from O.Fr. embelliss-, stem of embellir "make beautiful, ornament," from bel "beautiful," from L. bellus. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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