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Synonyms for beautify


Grammar : Verb
Spell : byoo-tuh-fahy
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbyu təˌfaɪ

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Définition of beautify

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "to make beautiful," from beauty + -fy. Intransitive sense, "to become beautiful," is recorded from 1590s. Related: Beautified; beautifying.
  • verb make more physically attractive
Example sentences :
  • To beautify it is to take away its character of complexity—it is to destroy it.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • Now he's going to beautify himself—here's a precious locksmith!'
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • No effort could be too great or painful to beautify oneself for Him.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Fountain » by Lilian Staveley
  • I want to beautify Wakefield, and as near as I can remember there is room for improvement.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • Reflect that you may gladden and beautify your lives, or embitter them, according as you now act.
  • Extract from : « The Home » by Fredrika Bremer
  • These islands may be considered as the gardens of the country, which they enrich and beautify.
  • Extract from : « First History of New Brunswick » by Peter Fisher
  • It will beautify their arts, and erotically confuse their religions.
  • Extract from : « This Simian World » by Clarence Day
  • Truth and peace and faith dwell with them and beautify them.
  • Extract from : « Stories of Authors, British and American » by Edwin Watts Chubb
  • Their function is to beautify the distant landscape with the flash of wings.
  • Extract from : « Milton » by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh
  • A glimmer of light, quick, so that the lover may beautify himself.
  • Extract from : « The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by Alphonse Daudet

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