单词 | re-embellish |
释义 | re-embellishv. transitive. To embellish or adorn again; to repair or restore by embellishment. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament > anew regarnish1480 re-embellish1611 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Rabbelire,..to re-embellish, to re-beautifie, to re-adorne. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion ii. 43 Ceruse and Vermillion were not capable to re-imbellish my face. a1699 J. Beaumont Compl. Poems (1880) I. 119 The black Inheritance of Adam's Crime As God permits to fall upon his Heirs: So He provides to re-imbellish them With fairer nobler portions. 1837 W. Ware Lett. Lucius M. Piso II. xvii. 209 The gentry and nobles are engaged in refitting and re-embellishing their rifled palaces. 1867 C. Dickens Let. 29 Dec. (1999) XI. 525 It is very likely you may have someone with you. Of course you will tell me if you have, and I will then re-embellish the Parker House. 1924 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 28 425 The ancient shrines of Erechtheus and related deities, having been first in the Athenian effort to reëmbellish the Acropolis, were speedily surpassed by greater architectural glories. 1969 Times 8 Nov. 9/2 It looks as though things may be working up to a fine university match this year. Oxford at any rate, have already re-embellished its image. 2005 Business (Nexis) 20 Aug. He scrapped ludicrous rules called Retail Price Maintenance, a left over from World War One re-embellished for World War Two. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1611 |
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