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beau⋅ti⋅fy

  [byoo-tuh-fahy]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
to make or become beautiful.
Origin:
1520–30; beauty + -fy

Related forms:
beau⋅ti⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion  [byoo-tuh-fi-key-shuhn] , noun
beau⋅ti⋅fi⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
adorn, embellish, enhance; bedeck, array.
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beau·ti·fy   (byōō'tə-fī')   
tr. & intr.v.   beau·ti·fied, beau·ti·fy·ing, beau·ti·fies
To make or become beautiful.
beau'ti·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n., beau'ti·fi'er n.
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Beautify

Beau"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beautified (?); 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.

Beautify

Beau"ti*fy\, v. i. To become beautiful; to advance in beauty. --Addison.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : beautify
Spanish: embellecer,
German: verschönern,
Japanese: 美しくする
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