Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Embellish \Em*bel"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embellished}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Embellishing}.] [OE. embelisen, embelisshen, F.
   embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See
   {Beauty}.]
   To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to
   adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with
   shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or
   style with metaphors.

   Syn: To adorn; beautify; deck; bedeck; decorate; garnish;
        enrich; ornament; illustrate. See {Adorn}.

Source : WordNet®

embellished
     adj 1: excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of
            empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech
            embellished with classical quotations"; "an
            over-embellished story of the fish that got away"
            [syn: {empurpled}, {over-embellished}, {purple}]
     2: rich in decorative detail [syn: {ornamented}, {ornate}]