Embellishing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Embellish \Em*bel"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}.
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