Prettify
verb (used with object), prettified, prettifying.
1.
to make pretty, especially in a small, petty way:
to prettify a natural beauty.
2.
to minimize or gloss over (something unpleasant):
to prettify his rude behavior.
verb -fies, -fying, -fied
1.
(transitive) to make pretty, esp in a trivial fashion; embellish
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