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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Beautify \Beau"ti*fy\, verb (used without an object) To become beautiful; to advance in beauty. --Addison.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Beautify \Beau"ti*fy\ (b[=u]"t[i^]*f[imac]), verb (used with an object) [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.
The arts that beautify and polish life. --Burke.
Syn: To adorn; grace; ornament; deck; decorate.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
beautify
verb
1: make more beautiful [syn: {embellish}, {prettify}] [ant: {uglify}]
2: be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" [syn: {deck}, {adorn}, {decorate}, {grace}, {embellish}]
3: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" [syn: {decorate}, {adorn}, {grace}, {ornament}, {embellish}] [also: {beautified}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "beautify": 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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