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English Dictionary: embroider by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embroider
v
  1. decorate with needlework
    Synonym(s): embroider, broider
  2. add details to
    Synonym(s): embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Embroider \Em*broid"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embroidered}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Embroidering}.] [OE. embrouden. See {Broider}.]
      To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf.
  
               Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen. --Ex.
                                                                              xxviii. 39.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Embroider
      The art of embroidery was known to the Jews (Ex. 26:36; 35:35;
      38:23; Judg. 5:30; Ps. 45:14). The skill of the women in this
      art was seen in the preparation of the sacerdotal robes of the
      high priest (Ex. 28). It seems that the art became hereditary in
      certain families (1 Chr. 4:21). The Assyrians were also noted
      for their embroidered robes (Ezek. 27:24).
     
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