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{"id": "embellish", "metadata": {"operation": "retrieve", "provider": "Oxford University Press", "schema": "RetrieveEntry"}, "results": [{"id": "embellish", "language": "en-gb", "lexicalEntries": [{"derivatives": [{"id": "embellisher", "text": "embellisher"}], "entries": [{"etymologies": ["late Middle English: from Old French embelliss-, lengthened stem of embellir, based on bel \u2018handsome\u2019, from Latin bellus"], "grammaticalFeatures": [{"id": "transitive", "text": "Transitive", "type": "Subcategorization"}], "pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/embellish_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "\u026am\u02c8b\u025bl\u026a\u0283"}, {"dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "\u025bm\u02c8b\u025bl\u026a\u0283"}], "senses": [{"definitions": ["make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features"], "examples": [{"text": "blue silk embellished with golden embroidery"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0319680.006", "shortDefinitions": ["make something more attractive by addition of decorative details or features"], "subsenses": [{"definitions": ["make (a statement or story) more interesting by adding extra details that are often untrue"], "examples": [{"text": "followers often embellish stories about their heroes"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0319680.016", "shortDefinitions": ["make statement or story more interesting by adding extra details that are often untrue"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "elaborate"}, {"language": "en", "text": "embroider"}, {"language": "en", "text": "colour"}, {"language": "en", "text": "expand on"}, {"language": "en", "text": "exaggerate"}, {"language": "en", "text": "dress up"}, {"language": "en", "text": "touch up"}, {"language": "en", "text": "gild"}, {"language": "en", "text": "catastrophize"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "embellish", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0004743.002"}]}], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "decorate"}, {"language": "en", "text": "adorn"}, {"language": "en", "text": "ornament"}, {"language": "en", "text": "dress"}, {"language": "en", "text": "dress up"}, {"language": "en", "text": "furnish"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "embellish", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0004743.001"}]}]}], "language": "en-gb", "lexicalCategory": {"id": "verb", "text": "Verb"}, "text": "embellish"}], "type": "headword", "word": "embellish"}], "word": "embellish"}
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