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Search phrase: embellish

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The Comedy of ErrorsCE III.ii.142embellished with rubies, carbuncles, sapphires, decliningembellished with Rubies, Carbuncles, Saphires, declining

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accoutrementformal embellishment, special trappings
beautybeautify, embellish, adorn
betrimtrim about, array, embellish
figurecover with a pattern, embellish, ornament
flourishembellish, adorn, add lustre to
flourish[of language] eloquence, fine words, rhetorical embellishment
furniturefurnishing, fittings, embellishments
overflourishheavily embellish, richly decorate
rufflingfrilled, lace-adorned; also: embellishing, gay
trappingsornaments, embellishments, bits and pieces
varnishedembellished, decked out, adorned

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embellishbetrim
embellishbeauty
embellishflourish
embellishfigure
embellish heavilyoverflourish
embellishedvarnished
embellishingruffling
embellishment, formalaccoutrement
embellishment, rhetoricalflourish
embellishmentstrappings
embellishmentsfurniture
heavily embellishoverflourish
rhetorical embellishmentflourish

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
EMBELLISHBASICembellish v

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