embel1eæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. and Ceylonese, embelia, and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ.] Bot.: A tribe of Myrsinaceæ. ěm-běl-lish, *em-bel-ise, *em-bel-is-sen, *im-bel-lish, v . t . [O. Fr. embeli ant , pr. par. of embellir; bel = Lat.bell us fair. A contemporary of Spenser's, who wrote a glo ary to the poet's Shep herd's Calendar, includes embellish in his list of old words, but since then it has completely revived. (Trench: English Past and Present, p. 55.)] To beautify, to adorn, to decorate, to set off, to give a brilliant or neat appearance to. ( Lit. & fig .) "Farewell!-be it ours to embellish thy pillow With everything beauteous." Moore: Fire Worshipers.