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prettify

[ prit-uh-fahy ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, pret·ti·fied, pret·ti·fy·ing.

to make pretty, especially in a small, petty way:
to prettify a natural beauty.
to minimize or gloss over (something unpleasant):
to prettify his rude behavior.

prettify

/ ˈprɪtɪˌfaɪ /

First recorded in 1840–50; prett(y) + -ify

Or it could prettify empty, big-box stores and try to make them more welcoming.

I must send him a little box at Christmas,—some little things to trim up his new house and prettify it.

There is no need to prettify the record; the record, as it stands, in all its crude natural colors, is good enough.

It is not the function of the biographer any more than it is that of a dentist to prettify his subject.

"Let no one think that they can force me to prettify my types," he said.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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