Meaning of BEAUTIFY
| Pronunciation: | | 'byootu`fI
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- [v] make more beautiful
- [v] make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
- [v] be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
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| | Synonyms: | | adorn, adorn, deck, decorate, decorate, embellish, embellish, embellish, grace, grace, ornament, prettify |
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| | Antonyms: | | uglify | | |
| | See Also: | | alter, ameliorate, amend, applique, bard, be, bead, become, bedeck, bedight, bedizen, begild, bejewel, beset, bespangle, better, blazon, braid, broider, caparison, change, color, colour, curry, deck, dress, dress, dress ship, dress up, dress up, emblazon, embroider, enamel, encrust, engild, festoon, filet, fillet, flag, fledge, flight, foliate, fret, fringe, garland, garnish, gild, glaze, groom, hang, illuminate, illustrate, improve, incrust, inlay, jewel, lacquer, landscape, meliorate, neaten, ornament, panel, pipe, polish, prank, redecorate, scallop, shine, slick up, smarten up, smock, smooth, smoothen, spangle, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, stucco, suit, tart up, tinsel, titivate, tittivate, trim, vermiculate, window-dress, wreathe | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Beau"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beautified} (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Beautifying}.] [Beauty + -fy.]
To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to
deck; to grace; to embellish.
The arts that beautify and polish life. --Burke.
Syn: To adorn; grace; ornament; deck; decorate.
\Beau"ti*fy\, v. i.
To become beautiful; to advance in beauty. --Addison.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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