v. t. [ Pref. dis- + embellish: cf. F. désembellir. ] To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. One who embellishes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. embellissement. ]
In the selection of their ground, as well as in the embellishment of it. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
The graces and embellishments of the exterior man. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. marked by elaborate rhetoric and many figures of speech.