beautify

beautify
    v 1: make more beautiful [syn: {fancify}, {beautify},
         {embellish}, {prettify}] [ant: {uglify}]
    2: be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables
       everywhere" [syn: {deck}, {adorn}, {decorate}, {grace},
       {embellish}, {beautify}]
    3: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;
       "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the
       special day" [syn: {decorate}, {adorn}, {grace}, {ornament},
       {embellish}, {beautify}]
    

Beautify \Beau"ti*fy\ (b[=u]"t[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Beautified} (b[=u]"t[i^]*f[imac]); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Beautifying}.] [Beauty + -fy.]
   To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to
   deck; to grace; to embellish.
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         The arts that beautify and polish life.  --Burke.
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   Syn: To adorn; grace; ornament; deck; decorate.
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Beautify \Beau"ti*fy\, v. i.
   To become beautiful; to advance in beauty. --Addison.
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60 Moby Thesaurus words for "beautify":
      adorn, array, become one, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, color,
      cultivate, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, develop, dizen,
      doll up, dress, dress up, elaborate, embellish, emblazon,
      embroider, enrich, evolve, fig out, finish, fix up, furbish,
      garnish, glamorize, grace, gussy up, mature, ornament, paint,
      perfect, polish, prank, prank up, preen, prettify, pretty up,
      primp, primp up, prink, prink up, redecorate, redo, refine,
      refurbish, ripen, season, set off, set out, smarten, smarten up,
      spruce up, titivate, trick out, trick up, trim