beautify
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təˌfaɪ
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| —vb , -fies, -fying, -fied | |
| to make or become beautiful | |
| beautification | |
| —n | |
| 'beautifier | |
| —n | |
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Beautify
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Word Origin & History
beautify
1520s, "to make beautiful," from beauty + L. -ficare, from facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Intransitive sense, "to become beautiful," is recorded from 1590s.
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Example sentences
Acre by acre or patch by patch, it's the backyard gardens that really beautify our state.
The graffiti looked as if the medium as well as the message was intended to deface and defy, not to beautify or persuade.
They then developed a plan to beautify the school property.
Recycling and reusing tires helps to beautify our neighborhoods and city.
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