All 4 Uses of
embellish
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Housings and caparisons of all sorts; some of damask cloth, of fine cloth of gold, furred with sables; others of velvet, furred with ermine; others all embellished with goldsmith's work and large bells of gold and silver!†
Chpt 1.6.3embellished = made more attractive or interesting through additions
- Her mother had stitched and embroidered them herself; she had lavished on them all the delicacies of her art of embroideress, and all the embellishments of a robe for the good Virgin.†
Chpt 1.6.3 *embellishments = things added to make something more attractive or interesting
- This act would not be a little patch on the face of his reputation to embellish it, but a very malignant ulcer to disfigure it.†
Chpt 2.10.5embellish = make something more attractive or interesting by adding to it
- Why a roof of copper, embellished and gilt, two thousand livres at the most.†
Chpt 2.10.5embellished = made more attractive or interesting through additions