Word Finder - embellished

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To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

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The old book cover was embellished with golden letters

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To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider.

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to embellish a story, the truth

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Having been made more attractive, compelling or interesting.

It was especially embellished by the tsaritsa Elizabeth.

Since then exterior ornamentation and architectural eccentricities have run riot, and the city is now a mixture of the plain one-storey and two-storey buildings of the Portuguese type, and fanciful modern creations, embellished with stucco and overtopping the others by many storeys.

To the north-east of the new palace lies the beautiful palace park, embellished with statuary and artificial sheets of water, and extending nearly all the way to Cannstatt, a distance of over two miles.

He embellished the walls and pylons of his court with scenes from his victories over Hittites and Syrians, and placed a number of colossal statues within it.

The level of the roadway is considerably lower than the ground-floors of the houses, which have generally arched rooms in front, with little shops behind them; and above these they are richly embellished with verandahs, galleries, projecting oriel windows, and very broad overhanging eaves supported by carved brackets.

St Bernard's Well, on the Water of Leith, was embellished and restored (1888) at the cost of Mr William Nelson.

Absalon died on the 21st of March 1201, at the family monastery of Sor g, which he himself had richly embellished and endowed.

The Hungarian peasants are very fond of their natural brown sheep coats, the leather side of which is not lined, but embellished by a very close fancy embroidery, worked upon the leather itself; these garments are reversible, the fur being worn inside when the weather is cold.

He enlarged and embellished it, and provided it with new harbours and fortifications; in short, did his best to make it the worthy capital of a great empire.

The church of San Catervo contains the early Christian sarcophagus of that saint, which is embellished with curious reliefs.

Oginsky embellished the city and founded there a printing-office.

The main thoroughfares are embellished by several striking monuments, notably the memorials of the wars of 1864 and 1870, bronze statues of the emperor William I.

Paul embellished the costume of the cardinals, collected jewels for his own adornment, provided games and food for the Roman people and practically instituted the carnival.

Galileo's views, although erroneous, since he held comets to be mere atmospheric emanations reflecting sunlight after the evanescent fashion of a halo or a rainbow, were expressed with such triumphant vigour, and embellished with such telling sarcasms, that his opponent did not venture upon a reply.

A few of the modern Jewish houses have been embellished at an enormous cost, but they are wanting in taste.

The fact that he embellished with his own great literary ability the speeches of the Liberals and Reformers only added to the influence of his news-letters.

Protogenes embellished the city with his paintings, and Chares of Lindus with the celebrated colossal statue of the sun-god, which was 105 ft.

Many of the old chambers, some of which are of enormous size, are embellished with portals, candelabra, statues, &c., all hewn in rock-salt.

By these men Hungary was divided into dioceses, with a metropolitan see at Esztergom (Gran), a city originally founded by Geza, but richly embellished by Stephen, whose Italian architects built for him there the first Hungarian cathedral dedicated to St Adalbert.

Charles spent his last years quietly in Naples, which city he improved and embellished.

On the adjacent Marienplatz are the old townhall, dating from the 14th century and restored in 1865, and the new town-hall, the latter a magnificent modern Gothic erection, freely embellished with statues, frescoes, and stainedglass windows, and enlarged in 1900-1905.

The old Pinakothek, erected by Klenze in 1826-1836, and somewhat resembling the Vatican, is embellished externally with frescoes by Cornelius and with statues of twentyfour celebrated painters from sketches by Schwanthaler.

The town has been embellished by several other statues, including those of Charles Augustus (1875); Lucas Cranach (1886); Marie Seibach (1889); the composer Hummel (1895) and Franz Liszt (1904).

Similarly, in Notre Dame de Lorette; etude critique sur l'authenticite de la Santa Casa (1906), he dissipated by the aid of authentic documents the legend which had embellished and falsified the primitive history of that sanctuary.

With the Tuscan Bernardo Tanucci as his minister, he introduced many useful reforms, improved the army, which was thus able to repel an Austrian invasion in 1744, embellished the city of Naples and built roads.

Some bags are embellished with rhinestones, feathers, ribbons, and sequins.

With the accession of Alexius Comnenus, the palace of Blachernae, at the north-western corner of the city, became the principal residence of the Byzantine court, and was in consequence extended and embellished.

Long sleeved georgette tunic tops embellished with embroidery are worn layered over sexy camisoles and elegant wide-legged trousers.

An engraved county map embellished with an uncoloured title cartouche.

They do not wear a Naval type uniform but instead wear a sweatshirt and baseball cap embellished with the Sea Cadet Corps badge.

Using bold color and fluid lines, my paintings are often embellished with print and stitch.

They are painted or dyed and then embellished with stitching to produce wall hangings, framed pictures and scarves.

The sleeves are embellished with exquisite embroidery to complete this stylish look.

The room is paneled in oak, which is embellished with elaborate fretwork and carved panels by Robert Bridgeman.

The bag fastens with a twist clasp and is embellished with tassles, Amy Morris tag and an antiqueed locket for personalisation.

A shoreward end pavilion was built in 1926, embellished by an art deco façade in the 1930s.

It has a simple, modern cut embellished with delicate lace trimming.

The " canonical " history in Kings is further embellished in Chronicles, but the gulf between them is not so profound as that between the former and the underlying and half-suppressed historical traditions which can still be recognized.

The name indicates the existence of the same conception regarding sacred edifices in Assyria as in Babylonia, where we find such names as E-Kur ("mountain house") for the temple of Bel at Nippur, and E-Saggila ("lofty house") for Marduk's temple at Babylon and that of Ea at Eridu, and in view of the general dependence of Assyrian religious beliefs as of Assyrian culture in general, there is little reason to doubt that the name of Assur's temple represents a direct adaptation of such a name as E-Kur, further embellished by epithets intended to emphasize the supreme control of the god to whom the edifice was dedicated.

There are statues of Dürer, Sachs, Melanchthon, the reputed founder of the grammar-school, the navigator Martin Behaim, and Peter Henlein, the inventor of the watch; and the streets are further embellished with several fountains, the most noteworthy of which are the Schöne Brunnen, 1385-1396, in the form of a large Gothic pyramid, adorned with statues of the seven electors, the "nine worthies," and Moses and the prophets; and the GÃnsemÃnnchen or goose-mannikin, a clever little bronze figure by Pankratz Labenwolf.

Embellished with a scalloped lace trim, it has slender side straps and a ruched satin panel at the back.

In other words, we have a good, satisfying plot on our hands, embellished with sparky dialog.

Embellished with Roman numerals, it depicts months of the year, signs of the zodiac and a sunburst motif.

One of the greatest boasts of this nursing bra line is the fact that Elle Macpherson nursing bras are still very comfortable, despite their embellished looks.

Silks and satins are naturals for dressy blouses, as are those shot with metallic threads or embellished with sequins or other sparkles.

Pet owners with a taste for luxury can spend close to a thousand dollars on such embellished items, but it's not necessary to spend that much unless you truly want to.

It comes with one bottle of Irish cream liqueur and two rocks glasses embellished with the Baileys name.

After you have a pattern, spare some thought to how your cushions will be embellished.

Contemporary style is less elaborate and embellished than furniture that would be considered Victorian.

The massive 70-room, 130,000-square foot mansion was modeled after the grand palazzos of 16th century Turin, Italy, embellished by such details as 45-foot tall Corinthian columns and mosaic tile ceilings.