embellish
verb
[ ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ ]
• make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features.
• "blue silk embellished with golden embroidery"
Similar:
decorate,
adorn,
ornament,
dress,
dress up,
furnish,
beautify,
enhance,
enrich,
grace,
trim,
garnish,
gild,
varnish,
brighten up,
ginger up,
deck,
bedeck,
festoon,
emblazon,
bespangle,
do up,
do out,
jazz up,
zhoosh (up),
tart up,
bejewel,
bedizen,
caparison,
furbelow,
befrill,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French embelliss-, lengthened stem of embellir, based on bel ‘handsome’, from Latin bellus .
