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beautify

to make or become beautiful: They beautify themselves for the ball.
Not to be confused with:
beatify – to make blessedly happy; to exalt above all others: They beatify their saints.
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beau·ti·fy

 (byo͞o′tə-fī′)
tr. & intr.v. beau·ti·fied, beau·ti·fy·ing, beau·ti·fies
To make or become beautiful.

beau′ti·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.
beau′ti·fi′er n.
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beautify

(ˈbjuːtɪˌfaɪ)
vb, -fies, -fying or -fied
to make or become beautiful
beautification n
ˈbeautiˌfier n
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beau•ti•fy

(ˈbyu təˌfaɪ)

v.t., v.i. -fied, -fy•ing.
to make or become beautiful.
[1520–30]
beau`ti•fi•ca′tion, n.
beau′ti•fi`er, n.
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beautify


Past participle: beautified
Gerund: beautifying

Imperative
beautify
beautify
Present
I beautify
you beautify
he/she/it beautifies
we beautify
you beautify
they beautify
Preterite
I beautified
you beautified
he/she/it beautified
we beautified
you beautified
they beautified
Present Continuous
I am beautifying
you are beautifying
he/she/it is beautifying
we are beautifying
you are beautifying
they are beautifying
Present Perfect
I have beautified
you have beautified
he/she/it has beautified
we have beautified
you have beautified
they have beautified
Past Continuous
I was beautifying
you were beautifying
he/she/it was beautifying
we were beautifying
you were beautifying
they were beautifying
Past Perfect
I had beautified
you had beautified
he/she/it had beautified
we had beautified
you had beautified
they had beautified
Future
I will beautify
you will beautify
he/she/it will beautify
we will beautify
you will beautify
they will beautify
Future Perfect
I will have beautified
you will have beautified
he/she/it will have beautified
we will have beautified
you will have beautified
they will have beautified
Future Continuous
I will be beautifying
you will be beautifying
he/she/it will be beautifying
we will be beautifying
you will be beautifying
they will be beautifying
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been beautifying
you have been beautifying
he/she/it has been beautifying
we have been beautifying
you have been beautifying
they have been beautifying
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been beautifying
you will have been beautifying
he/she/it will have been beautifying
we will have been beautifying
you will have been beautifying
they will have been beautifying
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been beautifying
you had been beautifying
he/she/it had been beautifying
we had been beautifying
you had been beautifying
they had been beautifying
Conditional
I would beautify
you would beautify
he/she/it would beautify
we would beautify
you would beautify
they would beautify
Past Conditional
I would have beautified
you would have beautified
he/she/it would have beautified
we would have beautified
you would have beautified
they would have beautified
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.beautify - make more beautiful
neaten, groom - care for one's external appearance; "He is always well-groomed"
groom, curry, dress - give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses"
ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
window-dress, dress up - make something appear superficially attractive; "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth"
slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, titivate, tittivate - make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"
polish, smooth, smoothen, shine - make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"
become, suit - enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"
uglify - make ugly
2.beautify - be beautiful to look atbeautify - be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
ornament - be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"
3.beautify - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.beautify - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
wreathe - decorate or deck with wreaths; "wreathe the grave site"
incrust, encrust, beset - decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
braid - decorate with braids or ribbons; "braid a collar"
broider, embroider - decorate with needlework
stick - cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
illustrate - supply with illustrations; "illustrate a book with drawings"
garland - adorn with bands of flowers or leaves; "They garlanded the statue"
fledge, flight - decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow"
bespangle, spangle - decorate with spangles; "the star-spangled banner"
foliate - decorate with leaves
flag - decorate with flags; "the building was flagged for the holiday"
bard, barde, caparison, dress up - put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion"
bead - decorate by sewing beads onto; "bead the wedding gown"
pipe - trim with piping; "pipe the skirt"
applique - sew on as a decoration
gild the lily, paint the lily - adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful)
vermiculate - decorate with wavy or winding lines
smock - embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally; "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts"
hang - decorate or furnish with something suspended; "Hang wallpaper"
prank - dress or decorate showily or gaudily; "Roses were pranking the lawn"
tinsel - adorn with tinsel; "snow flakes tinseled the trees"
tart up - decorate in a cheap and flashy way; "the small-town bar was all tarted up"
stucco - decorate with stucco work; "stuccoed ceilings"
redecorate - redo the decoration of an apartment or house
panel - decorate with panels; "panel the walls with wood"
bejewel, jewel - adorn or decorate with precious stones; "jeweled dresses"
filet, fillet - decorate with a lace of geometric designs
scallop - decorate an edge with scallops; "the dress had a scalloped skirt"
bedizen - decorate tastelessly
dress ship - decorate a ship with flags
garnish, trim, dress - decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
trim - decorate, as with ornaments; "trim the christmas tree"; "trim a shop window"
bedeck, bedight, deck - decorate; "deck the halls with holly"
festoon - decorate with strings of flowers; "The public buildings were festooned for the holiday"
enamel - coat, inlay, or surface with enamel
inlay - decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal
lacquer - coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China"
begild, engild, gild - decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
illuminate - add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
blazon, emblazon - decorate with heraldic arms
emblazon, colour, color - decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones"
fringe - adorn with a fringe; "The weaver fringed the scarf"
fret - decorate with an interlaced design
landscape - embellish with plants; "Let's landscape the yard"
ornament - be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

beautify

verb make beautiful, enhance, decorate, enrich, adorn, garnish, ornament, gild, embellish, grace, festoon, bedeck, glamorize Claire worked to beautify the garden.
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beautify

verb
To endow with beauty and elegance by way of a notable addition:
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Translations
يُجمِّـل
krášlit
forskønne
kaunistaa
szépít
fegra
güzelleştirmek

beautify

[ˈbjuːtɪfaɪ] VTembellecer
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

beautify

[ˈbjuːtɪfaɪ] vtembellir
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

beautify

vtverschönern; to beautify oneself (hum)sich schönmachen (hum)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

beautify

[ˈbjuːtɪfaɪ] vtabbellire
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

beauty

(ˈbjuːti) plural ˈbeauties noun
1. a quality very pleasing to the eye, ear etc. Her beauty is undeniable.
2. a woman or girl having such a quality. She was a great beauty in her youth.
3. something or someone remarkable. His new car is a beauty!
ˈbeautiful adjective
a beautiful woman; Those roses are beautiful.
ˈbeautifully adverb
ˈbeautify (-fai) verb
to make beautiful. She beautified the room with flowers.
beauty queen
a girl or woman who is voted the most beautiful in a contest.
ˈbeauty salon noun
(also American beauty parlor, ~beauty shop) a place where customers have cosmetic treatment.
beauty spot
1. a place of great natural beauty. a famous beauty spot.
2. a mark (often artificial) on the face, intended to emphasize beauty.
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References in classic literature ?
Wherefore, as Governor Belcher was fond of splendor, he employed a skilful artist to beautify the chair.
With unremitting zeal he had worked to beautify the interior of the cabin.
It was evident that, having devoted a great deal of trouble to improve and beautify his home, Vronsky felt a need to show off the improvements to a new person, and was genuinely delighted at Darya Alexandrovna's praise.
But, happy Sissy's happy children loving her; all children loving her; she, grown learned in childish lore; thinking no innocent and pretty fancy ever to be despised; trying hard to know her humbler fellow-creatures, and to beautify their lives of machinery and reality with those imaginative graces and delights, without which the heart of infancy will wither up, the sturdiest physical manhood will be morally stark death, and the plainest national prosperity figures can show, will be the Writing on the Wall, - she holding this course as part of no fantastic vow, or bond, or brotherhood, or sisterhood, or pledge, or covenant, or fancy dress, or fancy fair; but simply as a duty to be done, - did Louisa see these things of herself?
"That's it!" said Jo to herself, when she at length discovered that genuine good will toward one's fellow men could beautify and dignify even a stout German teacher, who shoveled in his dinner, darned his own socks, and was burdened with the name of Bhaer.
"Nay," I returned, " `for day and night are both alike to thee.' I think you would even be beautiful--well, I cannot imagine any moment or station of life you would not beautify."
The streets of this city were not paved nor had any attempt been made to beautify the houses or their surroundings, and having noticed this condition Scraps was astonished when the Chief ushered her into his home.
Lamu residents have criticised the county government for installing artificial grass to beautify the county headquarters in Mokowe town.
Commissioner also observed that the Unitower, Uni Centre and Uni Plaza buildings were not being maintained and required to be cleaned and beautify.
It was decided that a meeting with the representatives of the associations of shopkeepers and owners would be held at commissioner's office in this regard to engage them in efforts being made to beautify this important artery of the metropolis.
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