Definition of Embellishes

1. Verb. (third-person singular of ''embellish'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Embellishes

1. embellish [v] - See also: embellish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Embellishes

embeddedness
embedder
embedders
embedding
embedding agents
embeddings
embedment
embedments
embeds
embelin
embellish
embellishable
embellished
embellisher
embellishers
embellishes
embellishing
embellishment
embellishments
embellisht
ember
ember-goose
emberizid
emberizids
emberizine
emberlike
embers
embetter
embetterment
embezzle

Literary usage of Embellishes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Political and Literary Anecdotes of His Own Times by William King (1819)
"... but is generally of good use in a public assembly where any important matter is to be debated; for it embellishes the most eloquent oration ; it awakes ..."

2. The Life of Colonel Paul Revere by Elbridge Henry Goss (1891)
"... TRADE—MAKES AND Embellishes SILVERWARE — ENGRAVES COPPER-PLATE — EARLY MILITARY SERVICE — COMMISSIONED BY Gov. SHIRLEY—H1s HISTORY OF THIS SERVICE. ..."

3. The Northern Courts: Containing Original Memoirs of the Sovereigns of Sweden by John Brown (1818)
"Embellishes Stockholm.—Practises the utmost profusion.—Recommends frugality to his subjects.— Sumptuary laws.—Corrupts the national manners. ..."

4. Anecdote Biography by John Timbs (1860)
"... Embellishes VAUXHALL GARDENS. In 1728, Spring Garden, as Vauxhall was then called, wns leased to Jonathan Tyers, to whose taste and spirit this old ..."

5. The History of the Roman Emperors: From Augustus to Constantine by Jean Baptiste Louis Crévier, John Mills (1814)
"Edifices with which he embellishes Rome and mam/ other cities. Equality and steadiness of his conduct. ..."

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