Meanings
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verb
To make something more beautiful or attractive.
The city planted trees to beautify the streets.
Thesaurus
Word family
Forms
beautifiedbeautifiesbeautifying
Derived forms
rebeautifyunbeautify
Etymology
From Middle English beutifien, from Old French beaute (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fine”), + -ify, from Latin facio (“make”).
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