burnishing

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of burnish

noun

  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. 2001, Kenneth L. Woodward, The Book of Miracles

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