beautify
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become beautiful.
had beautified
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past perfectof beautify.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The city had beautified Grandview Street above the Puget Sound, but the barbed-wire fence on the Sound side of the street was covering up overgrown county land, spoiling the effect.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2014
Each stone was a mouth, speaking for a family, for some man who had beautified his doorstep.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
Nothing was ugly in this desolate house, for the busy artist's soul of its present lord had beautified everything in its desolation.
From The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories by Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron Dunsany
The blacks, whites and carmines of the make- up box had beautified her for the ring but not for closer observation.
From The Rose in the Ring by George Barr McCutcheon
Elinor had never been able to do much towards the improvement of the outward appearance, however much she had beautified the interior.
From The Heart of Arethusa by Frances Barton Fox
