embellish : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: embellish	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for embellish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embellish v add details to [syn: embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise] be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" Synonym(s): deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" Synonym(s): decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify make more beautiful Synonym(s): fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify Antonym(s): uglify
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Embellish \Embel"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embellished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embellishing}.] [OE. embelisen, embelisshen, F. embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See {Beauty}.] To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish* a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors. Syn: To adorn; beautify; deck; bedeck; decorate; garnish; enrich; ornament; illustrate. See {Adorn}.