Definition of "embellish" []

• To make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate. (verb-transitive)
• To add ornamental or fictitious details to: a fanciful account that embellishes the true story. (verb-transitive)

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• "The only circle I didn't embellish is the one that looks like a button - this is actually a tiny scrap of a sunprinted fabric (sunprinted with buttons, that is)."
• "I just recently lied (though I prefer the word embellish) about my height by an inch."
• "We kind of embellish on that, I guess you could say."