beautify
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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beautifies,
present (3rd person singular)
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beautified,
past participle, past
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beautifying
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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beautifysimple
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beautifiessimple
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have beautifiedperfect
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has beautifiedperfect
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am beautifyingprogressive
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are beautifyingprogressive
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is beautifyingprogressive
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have been beautifyingperfect progressive
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has been beautifyingperfect progressive
Past
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beautifiedsimple
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had beautifiedperfect
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was beautifyingprogressive
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were beautifyingprogressive
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had been beautifyingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of beautify
Example Sentences
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In a lengthy second post, Trump bragged about steps he has taken to beautify Washington, including resurfacing the bottom of the Reflecting Pool with an "American flag blue" coating used in swimming pools.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Trump has championed the pool's makeover as part of his bid to beautify the US capital ahead of America's 250th birthday celebrations.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
There are a lot of other things happening on the mall and around Washington to beautify the capital before July 4.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2026
“President Trump has full legal authority to modernize, renovate, and beautify the White House—just like all of his predecessors did,” the spokesman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
They're as different from one another as pearls and rubies and emeralds, showing how uniquely we can use our arcana to beautify.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
“It celebrates and beautifies the city in a way few other movies ever have,” says Anthony Cavalluzzi of Yorba Linda, adding, “Its absence completely invalidates the list.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
Urban bushland is a haven for wildlife, beautifies suburbs and has marked mental health benefits.
From BBC ● May 11, 2024
“Content moderation beautifies the surface of the internet.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
South Korea's foreign ministry expressed in a statement "deep regret and concern for the visit to Yasukuni Shrine, which beautifies the colonial invasion and war of aggression".
From Reuters ● Dec. 7, 2021
They would fall off in forsaken fragments from the great bond of union which now adorns and beautifies all society.
From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley
Consider the mockery Shakespeare received from Robert Greene, a fellow playwright, who called him “an upstart Crow, beautified with our feathers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
It was really refreshing to have a visual moment: not just the pictures but everything behind the pictures, of sitting in the chair and getting beautified — and the crew looked like us!
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
"Kartavya Path will exhibit beautified landscapes, lawns with walkways, added green spaces, refurbished canals, new amenity blocks, improved signage and vending kiosks," a government statement said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 8, 2022
Rolling Stone magazine said Dozier culled the refrain “sugar pie, honey bunch” from his grandfather, who called the ladies that his hairdresser wife beautified “sugar pie” or “honey bunch.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
While her radiance usually dimmed everyone else by comparison, today it beautified everybody it fell upon.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
Kutcher's character in the science-fiction series is a tech billionaire responsible for bringing a beautifying injection into the world, which he has taken himself in an effort to look much younger.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
Banks are also beautifying their books through “significant risk transfers,” or SRTs, that shift potentially dodgier assets off balance sheet.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025
She hopes her work will inspire others to create their own native plant gardens and even tackle a project like hers, beautifying a neglected public space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025
“The same for the Bedouin community, whereby the men who I spoke to were wearing it to protect against the glare of the sun. So they're not considering it a form of beautifying themselves.”
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2023
The boys outdid one another in beautifying the Palace Flophouse until after a few months it was, if anything, overfurnished.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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