beautify
[byoo-tuh-fahy]
- to make or become beautiful.
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Origin of beautify
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bedeck, decorate, adorn, trim, deck, gild, ornament, embellish, enhance, array, garnish, grace, improve, prettify, glamorizeExamples from the Web for beautified
Contemporary Examples of beautified
It was a beautified camp the Nazis used to dupe international visitors and officials.
Historical Examples of beautified
After we left it, Hampden was restored, beautified, and refurnished.
A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume IIMrs. Humphry Ward
The walls were not beautified with pictures, nor were the rooms furnished with taste.
Three Addresses to Girls at SchoolJames Maurice Wilson
Her words were full of pathos; her uncomely face was not beautified by the sorrow in it.
The Soul of a PeopleH. Fielding
He beautified the Church Services, and made the ritual more ornate.
History of the Moravian ChurchJ. E. Hutton
The church itself is very ancient, and has been recently beautified.
Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II.Pierce Egan
beautify
- to make or become beautiful
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