different between accouter vs embellish

English

Alternative forms

• accoutre (Commonwealth)

Etymology

From French accoutrer, from Old French acoustrer, from Vulgar Latin accons?t?r?re (“to equip with clothes”), from Latin ad (“to”) + cons?t?ra (“sewing, clothes”), from Latin c?nsu? (“to sew together”), from Latin con- (“together”) + su? (“to sew”), first attested in the 1590s.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??ku t?/

Verb

accouter (third-person singular simple present accouters, present participle accoutering, simple past and past participle accoutered)

1. (transitive) To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service

   Synonyms: equip, attire, array; see also Thesaurus:clothe

Related terms

• accouterment

Translations

Further reading

• “accoutre”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

References

Anagrams

• accoutre, cocurate

Norman

Etymology

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Verb

accouter

1. (Jersey, reflexive, s'accouter) to lean upon one's elbows

English

Etymology

From Old French embellir, from em- + bel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?b?l??/, /?m-/

Verb

embellish (third-person singular simple present embellishes, present participle embellishing, simple past and past participle embellished)

1. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

   The old book cover was embellished with golden letters
2. To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider.

   to embellish a story, the truth

Synonyms

• adorn
• beautify
• decorate
• deck
• grace
• ornament
• prettify
• See also Thesaurus:decorate

Translations