embellish
verb (used with object)
to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Jansen is embellishing, but not by much, and he is doing so in the service of the story line that Major League Baseball ought to embrace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2018