0 past simple and past participle of embellish
1 to make something more beautiful by adding something to it:
The foyer, embellished with gold, velvet and crystal, was lit by chandeliers.
The mansion has been enlarged and embellished over the years.
He sometimes had to embellish the facts in order to, as he saw it, highlight the truth.
There were claims the candidate had embellished his war record.
There was no need to flatter or embellish.
He invites us to look at the social uses of language and the cultural value of its complicated, embellished nature.
They are cartoon-like versions of the animal: personified, embellished and layered with cultural symbolism.
