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Definition of Beautify
1. Verb. Make more beautiful.
Specialized synonyms: Groom, Neaten, Curry, Dress, Groom, Dress Up, Window-dress, Slick Up, Smarten Up, Spiff Up, Spruce, Spruce Up, Titivate, Tittivate, Polish, Shine, Smooth, Smoothen, Become, Suit
Generic synonyms: Ameliorate, Amend, Better, Improve, Meliorate
Derivative terms: Beautification, Beauty
Antonyms: Uglify
2. Verb. Be beautiful to look at. "Holly flowers beautify the halls"; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
Generic synonyms: Be
Specialized synonyms: Ornament
Derivative terms: Adornment, Beautification, Beauty, Decoration, Decoration, Decorative, Grace
3. Verb. Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.. "They beautify the halls with holly"; "Beautify yourself for the special day"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Wreathe, Beset, Encrust, Incrust, Braid, Broider, Embroider, Stick, Illustrate, Garland, Fledge, Flight, Bespangle, Spangle, Foliate, Flag, Bard, Barde, Caparison, Dress Up, Bead, Pipe, Applique, Gild The Lily, Paint The Lily, Vermiculate, Smock, Hang, Prank, Tinsel, Tart Up, Stucco, Redecorate, Panel, Bejewel, Jewel, Filet, Fillet, Scallop, Bedizen, Dress Ship, Dress, Garnish, Trim, Trim, Bedeck, Bedight, Deck, Festoon, Enamel, Inlay, Lacquer, Begild, Engild, Gild, Illuminate, Blazon, Emblazon, Color, Colour, Emblazon, Fringe, Fret, Landscape
Related verbs: Ornament
Derivative terms: Adornment, Beautification, Beauty, Decor, Decoration, Decoration, Decorative, Decorator, Embellishment, Grace, Ornament, Ornamentation
Definition of Beautify
1. v. t. To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.
2. v. i. To become beautiful; to advance in beauty.
Definition of Beautify
1. Verb. (transitive) To make beautiful, or to increase the beauty of. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beautify
1. to make beautiful [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] - See also: beautiful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beautify
Literary usage of Beautify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"... things which the fallen man and woman delight in, to beautify, or adorn
themselves with. Therefore, all that profess the truth, be circumspect, sincere, ..."
2. Decorum: A Practical Treatise on Etiquette and Dress of the Best American by John A. Ruth, S. L. Louis (1882)
"To SOFTEN AND beautify THE HAIR. Beat up the whites of four eggs into a froth,
and rub thoroughly in close to the roots of the hair. Leave it to dry on. ..."
3. The Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art, and Literature edited by J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish (1894)
"HOW TO beautify A HOME. HV MARY TEMPLE BAYARD. P HE-IMMINENTLY this is an age
when every woman is possessed of the decorative fad. ..."
4. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1855)
"Deut. vii. 25, 26. And xiii. 17. Ezek. xiv. 6. " ' III. I will not beautify with
my Presence those filthy Rags, which bring the heavenly Word ..."
5. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1894)
"reached its highest development in the 13th century, the other arts began to be
laid under contribution to beautify the ceremonial, the ' dresses of the ..."
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