beautify B2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈbjuː.tɪ.faɪ/ See IPA manual Freq #53401 Meanings 1 verb To make something more beautiful or attractive. The city planted trees to beautify the streets. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to make something more... adorndecorateprettify Word family Forms beautifiedbeautifiesbeautifying Derived forms rebeautifyunbeautify Related forms beautifiablebeautificationbeautifierbeautifying Etymology AI details From Middle English beutifien, from Old French beaute (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fine”), + -ify, from Latin facio (“make”). beutifien Middle English beaute Old French bellus Latin facio Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # beautify **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ˈbjuː.tɪ.faɪ/ **Frequency rank:** 53401 ## Meanings 1. To make something more beautiful or attractive. ## Examples - The city planted trees to beautify the streets. ## Derived Forms - rebeautify - unbeautify ## Related Forms - beautifiable - beautification - beautifier - beautifying ## Roots and Affixes - Root: beutifien - Root: beaute - Root: bellus - Root: facio ## Etymology From Middle English beutifien, from Old French beaute (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fine”), + -ify, from Latin facio (“make”). ## AI Etymology Beautify comes from Middle English beutifien, from Old French beaute (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fine”), + -ify, from Latin facio (“make”). ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown