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embellish

/ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ/ verbo C1

En español: embellecer, hermosear, adornar, atildar

  1. To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate. · The old book cover was embellished with golden letters
  2. To enhance by adding something not strictly integral or necessary.
  3. To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, embroider, or even misrepresent or lie. · to embellish a story, the truth

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De la biblioteca

The famous air-gun of Von Herder will embellish the Scotland Yard Museum, and once again Mr.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 33 · C1
Here Holmes drew a small tract, embellished with a rude engraving of the ancient Manor House, from his waistcoat pocket.
The Valley of Fear, p. 81 · C1
You have shown your relish for it by the enthusiasm which has prompted you to chronicle, and, if you will excuse my saying so, somewhat to embellish so many of my own little adventures.”
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 1 · B2
To have you as long as possible near me, to hear your eloquent speech,—which embellishes my mind, strengthens my soul, and makes my whole frame capable of great and terrible things, if I should ever be free,—so fills my whole existence, that the despair to which I was just on the point of yielding when I knew you, has no longer any hold over me; and this—this is my fortune—not chimerical, but actual.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 201 · C1

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