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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024em•bel•lish /ɛmˈbɛlɪʃ/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to make more beautiful by decorating or ornamenting;
adorn:a dress embellished with pearls. - to include extra and elaborate additions:He embellished his signature with a drawing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024em•bel•lish (em bel′ish),USA pronunciation v.t. - to beautify by or as if by ornamentation;
ornament;
adorn. - to enhance (a statement or narrative) with fictitious additions.
- Latin bellus pretty) + -iss- -ish2
- Anglo-French, Middle French embeliss- (stem of embelir), equivalent. to em- em-1 + bel- (
- Middle English embelisshen 1300–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged decorate, garnish, bedeck, embroider.
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