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1
to add to the interest of by including made-up details
- the story of the comic marriage proposal was embellished as it passed from one generation to the next in the family
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to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
- the walls of the French restaurant are embellished with scenes of Parisian life
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The first known use of embellish was in the 14th century
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