Definition of "embellishing" []

• Present participle of embellish. (verb)

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• "Some call it embellishing the truth without limit."
• "I call it embellishing to make you look better, or fraud, but the official term is Stolen Valor and by law it is illegal."
• "The hacienda has the usual quantum of furniture belonging to these country houses; and it is certainly no longer a matter of surprise to us, that rich proprietors take little interest in embellishing them."