Both Uses of
embellish
in
Atonement, by Ian McEwan
- For three years she must have nurtured a feeling for him, kept it hidden, nourished it with fantasy or embellished it in her stories.†
Chpt 2 *embellished = made more attractive or interesting through additions
- He embellished to make his point, adding French windows open onto a wrought-iron balcony through which an ancient wisteria threaded, and a gramophone on a round table covered by a green chenille cloth, and a Persian rug spread across a chaise longue.†
Chpt 2
Definition:
add to something -- typically to make it more attractive or interesting