Burnishing

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A polishing.

    "Like those of other saints, Mira Bai's life story lies within a number of retellings, each more detailed than the last, so that her biography now includes burnishings that probably would not pass any historian's test."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of burnish form-of, gerund, participle, present

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ablationabrasionabrasiveattritionchafedressing

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"But after more than a year in prison, he escaped, further burnishing his legendary status."

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