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Embellish

verb/em-BEL-ish/

To make something more beautiful or interesting by adding details.

He tends to embellish his stories to make them sound more exciting.

Embellish hides 'belle', French for beautiful — you add beauty to something.

Use for adding decoration, or for exaggerating a story with extra details.