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.

be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"

make more beautiful

make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"

To enhance the attractiveness of something by adding ornamental details.

To beautify by ornamentation.

to add exaggerated details of an account to heighten its attractiveness

to add decorative stitching, lace, buttons, etc...to a quilt; Crazy Quilts are lavishly embellished.

to add color with brushstrokes or other means to a print edition.

To enhance a scrapbook page by adding accents. If you want to include newspaper articles or announcements in your memory album, photocopy them onto acid-free, lignin-free paper or you can purchase an archival spray to preserve it, found at most scrapbook supply stores.