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beautify

[ byoo-tuh-fahy ]

/ ˈbyu təˌfaɪ /

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verb (used with or without object), beau·ti·fied, beau·ti·fy·ing.

to make or become beautiful.

Origin of beautify

First recorded in 1520–30; beauty + -fy

SYNONYMS FOR beautify

adorn, embellish, enhance; bedeck, array.

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OTHER WORDS FROM beautify

beau·ti·fi·ca·tion

[byoo-tuh-fi-key-shuhn] /ˌbyu tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/, noun beau·ti·fi·er, noun un·beau·ti·fied, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH beautify

beatify beautify

Words nearby beautify

beauteous, beautician, beautiful, beautiful people, beautifully, beautify, beauty, beauty contest, beauty is only skin deep, beauty queen, beauty salon

Example sentences from the Web for beautify

Undoubtedly, it is God's arrangement that women should beautify and adorn the home.

Betty's Battles |S. L. M.
Now he's going to beautify himself—here's a precious locksmith!'

Barnaby Rudge |Charles Dickens
These islands may be considered as the gardens of the country, which they enrich and beautify.

First History of New Brunswick |Peter Fisher
If, however, Manet failed in the larger tests, he excelled in his ability to beautify the surfaces of his models.

Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning |Willard Huntington Wright

I always hope that it will find life worth living, and that it will live long to better and to beautify the earth.

Wild Life on the Rockies |Enos A. Mills

British Dictionary definitions for beautify

beautify

/ (ˈbjuːtɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

to make or become beautiful

Derived forms of beautify

beautification (ˌbjuːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən), noun beautifier, noun