verbrämen

Etymology
15th century, from (now obsolete), from, derived from  (“trimming, edging”, attested 15th c., see ). The noun is cognate with 🇨🇬. The ä-spelling reflects the Middle High German open ë-vowel.

Verb

 * 1) to embellish (a piece of clothing), especially with a trimming, edging, brim
 * 2)  to mask, veil, cloud, sugarcoat euphemize something negative, especially by making it vague
 * 3)  to misname, to describe with inappropriate terms (be they positive or negative)
 * 1)  to misname, to describe with inappropriate terms (be they positive or negative)
 * 1)  to misname, to describe with inappropriate terms (be they positive or negative)