to make something more beautiful, interesting (by one's imagination).

to cause to have smooth and glossy surface; to polish.

to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; to ornament; to adorn; to embellish.

to give, in words, a detailed account of; to describe.

to praise; to laud.

a complete destruction; obliteration; annihilation.

the act or an instance of going out of sight; disappearance.

a sister of one's husband.