Beautifies
to make or become beautiful.
historical examples
it preserves and beautifies the teeth, arrests decay, and induces a healthy action in the gums.
mrs. hale’s receipts for the million sarah josepha hale
is it possible for a woman to be insensible to anything that beautifies her?
sister anne (novels of paul de k-ck, volume x) charles paul de k-ck
it is the quickening spirit which beautifies the form, and draws unto itself the excellences of nature.
child and country will levington comfort
this palm towers in every forest grove and beautifies every island in the rivers.
stanley in africa james p. boyd
for we need not more the wares and fabrics than the skill which fashions and the taste which beautifies them.
glances at europe horace greeley
with her gift of song she beautifies church, home, charity, and society.
news writing m. lyle spencer
the despoilers of all that beautifies and hallows life had desecrated the altar, and denied the g-d!
zanoni edward bulwer lytton
the rainbow, which beautifies the sky after showers, is round.
prairie smoke (second edition, revised) melvin randolph gilmore
they have no hair whatever on their bodies, but they have very long black hair, especially the women, which beautifies them.
the letters of amerigo vespucci amerigo vespucci
it beautifies and glorifies the individual, and makes him worthy of redemption.
what a young husband ought to know sylv-n-s stall
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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