embellish (embelish)

t. [Formerly also imbellish; OF. bel, etc.), fair, beautiful: see beau, belle, beauty.] To set off with ornamentation; make beautiful, pleasing, or attractive to the eye or the mind; adorn; decorate; deck: as, to em bellish the person with rich apparel; to embel lish a garden with shrubs and flowers; a style embellished by metaphors; a book embellished by engravings. Bay leaves betweene, And primroses greene, Embellish the sweete violet. 1889