beautify

  • 11beautify — beau|ti|fy [ˈbju:tıfaı] v past tense and past participle beautified present participle beautifying third person singular beautifies [T] formal to make someone or something beautiful ▪ plants to beautify the garden …

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  • 12beautify — verb efforts to beautify the town center Syn: adorn, embellish, enhance, decorate, ornament, garnish, gild, smarten up, prettify, enrich, glamorize, spruce up, spiff up, deck (out), trick out, grace; informal do up Ant …

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  • 13beautify — [c]/ˈbjutəfaɪ / (say byoohtuhfuy) verb (beautified, beautifying) –verb (t) 1. to decorate, adorn or make more beautiful: a plan to beautify the city. –verb (i) 2. Obsolete to become beautiful. {beauty + fy} –beautification /bjutəfəˈkeɪʃən/ (say …

  • 14beautify — verb ( fied; fying) Date: 1526 transitive verb to make beautiful or add beauty to ; embellish intransitive verb to grow beautiful Synonyms: see adorn • beautification noun • beautifier …

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  • 15beautify — beautification /byooh teuh fi kay sheuhn/, n. beautifier, n. /byooh teuh fuy /, v.t., v.i., beautified, beautifying. to make or become beautiful. [1520 30; BEAUTY + FY] Syn. adorn, embellish, enhance; bedeck, array. * * * …

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  • 16beautify — verb /ˈbju.tə.faɪ/ To make beautiful, or to increase the beauty of. Syn: adorn, decorate, ornament, prettify See Also: beautification, beautifier, beautifiable …

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  • 17beautify — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …

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  • 18beautify — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make beautiful] Syn. adorn, embellish, enhance, ornament; see decorate . 2. [To improve the grounds] Syn. landscape, plant, garden; see improve 1 . See Synonym Study at decorate . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. dress up …

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  • 19beautify — beau|ti|fy [ bjutı,faı ] verb transitive to make something look more beautiful: She likes to spend time beautifying her home …

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  • 20beautify — beau·ti·fy || bjuːtɪfaɪ v. prettify, adorn, embellish, ornament, enhance …

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