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English Dictionary: beautify by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beautify
v
  1. make more beautiful [syn: fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify]
    Antonym(s): uglify
  2. be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
    Synonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beautify \Beau"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beautified} ([?]);
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Beautifying}.] [Beauty + -fy.]
      To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to
      deck; to grace; to embellish.
  
               The arts that beautify and polish life.   --Burke.
  
      Syn: To adorn; grace; ornament; deck; decorate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beautify \Beau"ti*fy\, v. i.
      To become beautiful; to advance in beauty. --Addison.
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