beautify
To make beautiful; to increase the beauty ofTo make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
» We use them to beautify our home.
Aghanim · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(transitive)To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
verschönern, ausschmücken
украша́тьukrašátʹ
make more beautiful
(intransitive, rare)To become beautiful.
be beautiful to look at
(intransitive, rare)To make oneself beautiful.
Synonym of pretty-print.
Examples
4 sentencesWe use them to beautify our home.
Does good architecture just serve to beautify our constructed surroundings, or does it also have other qualities?
deDient gute Architektur nur der Verschönerung der gebauten Umwelt oder hat sie auch andere Qualitäten? — al_ex_an_der
The Blessed are beautified, the saints are sanctified and rats are ratified.
Hundreds of years ago, married Japanese women would blacken their teeth to beautify themselves.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English beutifien, from Old French beaute (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beauFrom Middle English beutifien, from Old French beaute (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fine”), + -ify, from Latin facio (“make”).
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Forms
beautifies, beautifying, beautified, beautified| Base form | beautify · to beautify |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | beautifies |
| Present participle | beautifying |
| Past simple | beautified |
| Past participle | beautified |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
9 synonymsAntonyms
6 antonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.