beautify

beautify
Synonyms and related words:
adorn, array, become one, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, color, cultivate, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, develop, dizen, doll up, dress, dress up, elaborate, embellish, emblazon, embroider, enrich, evolve, fig out, finish, fix up, furbish, garnish, glamorize, grace, gussy up, mature, ornament, paint, perfect, polish, prank, prank up, preen, prettify, pretty up, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, redecorate, redo, refine, refurbish, ripen, season, set off, set out, smarten, smarten up, spruce up, titivate, trick out, trick up, trim

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  • Beautify — Beau ti*fy (b[=u] t[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beautified} (b[=u] t[i^]*f[imac]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Beautifying}.] [Beauty + fy.] To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish. [1913 Webster] The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Beautify — Beau ti*fy, v. i. To become beautiful; to advance in beauty. Addison. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • beautify — index embellish, meliorate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • beautify — (v.) mid 15c., to make beautiful, from BEAUTY (Cf. beauty) + FY (Cf. fy). Intransitive sense, to become beautiful, is recorded from 1590s. Related: Beautified; beautifying …   Etymology dictionary

  • beautify — embellish, deck, bedeck, *adorn, ornament, decorate, garnish Analogous words: enhance, heighten (see INTENSIFY) Antonyms: uglify Contrasted words: *deface, disfigure: *deform, distort, contort: mar, spoil, *injure, damage …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • beautify — [v] make more physically attractive adorn, array, bedeck, deck, decorate, dress up, embellish, enhance, garnish, gild, glamorize, grace, improve, make up, ornament, prettify, set off, trim; concept 162 Ant. disfigure, harm, injure, mar, spoil …   New thesaurus

  • beautify — ► VERB (beautifies, beautified) ▪ make beautiful. DERIVATIVES beautification noun …   English terms dictionary

  • beautify — [byo͞ot′ə fī΄] vt. beautified, beautifying to make beautiful or more beautiful vi. to become beautiful SYN. ADORN beautification [byo͞ot′əfi kā′shən] n. beautifier n …   English World dictionary

  • beautify — [[t]bju͟ːtɪfaɪ[/t]] beautifies, beautifying, beautified VERB If you beautify something, you make it look more beautiful. [FORMAL] [V n] Claire worked to beautify the garden. Syn: smarten …   English dictionary

  • beautify — UK [ˈbjuːtɪˌfaɪ] / US [ˈbjutɪˌfaɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms beautify : present tense I/you/we/they beautify he/she/it beautifies present participle beautifying past tense beautified past participle beautified to make something look more… …   English dictionary

  • beautify — beau|ti|fy [ˈbju:tıfaı] v past tense and past participle beautified present participle beautifying third person singular beautifies [T] formal to make someone or something beautiful ▪ plants to beautify the garden …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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