Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EM-BEL'LISH, v.t. [Fr. embellir, from belle, L. bellus, pretty.]

1. To adorn; to beautify; to decorate; to make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; applied to persons or things. We embellish the person with rich apparel, a garden with shrubs and flowers, and style with metaphors.
2. To make graceful or elegant; as, to embellish manners.