Beautify \Beau"ti*fy\ (b[=u]"t[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Beautified (b[=u]"t[i^]*f[imac]); p. pr. & vb. n.
Beautifying.] [Beauty + -fy.]
To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to
deck; to grace; to embellish.
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The arts that beautify and polish life. --Burke.
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Syn: To adorn; grace; ornament; deck; decorate.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Beautify \Beau"ti*fy\, v. i.
To become beautiful; to advance in beauty. --Addison.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
beautify
v 1: make more beautiful [syn: embellish, prettify] [ant: uglify]
2: be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables
everywhere" [syn: deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish]
3: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;
"Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for
the special day" [syn: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament,
embellish]
[also: beautified]
WordNet (r) 2.0
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "beautify":
adorn, array, become one, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, color,
cultivate, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, develop, dizen,
doll up, dress, dress up, elaborate, embellish, emblazon,
embroider, enrich, evolve, fig out, finish, fix up, furbish,
garnish, glamorize, grace, gussy up, mature, ornament, paint,
perfect, polish, prank, prank up, preen, prettify, pretty up,
primp, primp up, prink, prink up, redecorate, redo, refine,
refurbish, ripen, season, set off, set out, smarten, smarten up,
spruce up, titivate, trick out, trick up, trim
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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