embellishes

Verb

embellish (third-person singular simple present embellishes, present participle embellishing, simple past and past participle embellished)

1. To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.
   • The old book cover was embellished with golden letters
2. (broadly) To enhance by adding something not strictly integral or necessary.
   • A Scythian Shepherd, so imbelliſhed
     With Natures pride, and richeſt furniture?
     His looks do menace heauen & dare the Gods,
     His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
3. To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, embroider, or even misrepresent or lie.
   • to embellish a story, the truth