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beautify
verb beau·ti·fy \ˈbyü-tə-ˌfī\
: to make (something) beautiful or more beautiful
beau·ti·fiedbeau·ti·fy·ing
Full Definition of BEAUTIFY
transitive verb
intransitive verb
: to grow beautiful
— beau·ti·fi·ca·tion \ˌbyü-tə-fə-ˈkā-shən\ noun
— beau·ti·fi·er \ˈbyü-tə-ˌfī(-ə)r\ noun
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First Known Use of BEAUTIFY
1526
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Synonym Discussion of BEAUTIFY
adorn, decorate, ornament, embellish, beautify, deck, garnish mean to enhance the appearance of something by adding something unessential. adorn implies an enhancing by something beautiful in itself <a diamond necklace adorned her neck>. decorate suggests relieving plainness or monotony by adding beauty of color or design <decorate a birthday cake>. ornament and embellish imply the adding of something extraneous, ornament stressing the heightening or setting off of the original <a white house ornamented with green shutters>, embellish often stressing the adding of superfluous or adventitious ornament <embellish a page with floral borders>. beautify adds to embellish a suggestion of counterbalancing plainness or ugliness <will beautify the grounds with flower beds>. deck implies the addition of something that contributes to gaiety, splendor, or showiness <a house all decked out for Christmas>. garnish suggests decorating with a small final touch and is used especially in referring to the serving of food <an entrée garnished with parsley>.
BEAUTIFY Defined for Kids
beautify
verb beau·ti·fy \ˈbyü-tə-ˌfī\
beau·ti·fiedbeau·ti·fy·ing
Definition of BEAUTIFY for Kids
: to make beautiful <We beautified the room with flowers.>
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