Beautify
to make or become beautiful.
Historical Examples
Cardinal after cardinal, pope after pope, employed his marvelous genius to beautify the capital of the world.
Historic Boyhoods Rupert Sargent Holland
Now he’s going to beautify himself—here’s a precious locksmith!’
Barnaby Rudge Charles Dickens
Every gesture is a stroke of color which may beautify or mar the picture.
A Thorny Path [Per Aspera], Complete Georg Ebers
I want to beautify Wakefield, and as near as I can remember there is room for improvement.
In a Little Town Rupert Hughes
These grand resorts were furnished with everything the heart could wish, to beautify and make them pleasant.
A Prince of Anahuac James A. Porter
Reflect that you may gladden and beautify your lives, or embitter them, according as you now act.
The Home Fredrika Bremer
The place of his sanctuary, which we greatly desire to beautify, is a site of surpassing natural beauty.
Spencer’s Letters Orson Spencer
These islands may be considered as the gardens of the country, which they enrich and beautify.
First History of New Brunswick Peter Fisher
Flowers and vines are planted here to beautify this shrine, and every pole has a bear-skull on it.
Flash-lights from the Seven Seas William L. Stidger
It will beautify their arts, and erotically confuse their religions.
This Simian World Clarence Day
verb -fies, -fying, -fied
to make or become beautiful
v.
mid-15c., “to make beautiful,” from beauty + -fy. Intransitive sense, “to become beautiful,” is recorded from 1590s. Related: Beautified; beautifying.
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