Chiefly in past participle and figurative: To involve, entangle; †occasionally to wrap up (in fair words).
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > embellish [verb (transitive)] > set forth in ornate language (5) windc1315 Chiefly in past participle and figurative: To involve, entangle; †occasionally to wrap up (in fair words). gild1340 transitive. figurative. To adorn or embellish (something); to make (something) seem attractive, reputable, etc.; to give a specious brilliance or… embroidera1610 In various figurative uses. To set forth in florid language. Cf. paint, v.1 rhetorize1611 transitive with it. Obsolete. to have swallowed a (or the) dictionary1829 to have swallowed a (or the) dictionary: (originally in similative contexts) to use long or obscure words in speech, esp. excessively or… |
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