Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To make pretty or prettier, especially in a superficial or insubstantial way.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make pretty; embellish; especially, to make pretty in a petty, finical way, as by the excessive or fanciful use of ornament.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make more beautiful
Etymologies
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Examples
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A strong argument even could be made that Krugman is wrong suggesting that the news media just wanted to "prettify" American history or that I was wrong in speculating that the distorted reporting on the Election 2000 recount was just a case of putting patriotism over professionalism.
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It will spend £194,000 this year buying interesting new pieces for the government art collection, the better to prettify government offices.
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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According to the WSJ, banks didn't want to prettify their profits.
Companies Hoarding $1 Trillion In Cash The Huffington Post 2010
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According to the WSJ, banks didn't want to prettify their profits.
Companies Hoarding $1 Trillion In Cash The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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According to the WSJ, banks didn't want to prettify their profits.
Companies Hoarding $1 Trillion In Cash The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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According to the WSJ, banks didn't want to prettify their profits.
Companies Hoarding $1 Trillion In Cash The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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According to the WSJ, banks didn't want to prettify their profits.
Companies Hoarding $1 Trillion In Cash The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Panasonic has announced a new camera, the Lumix DMC-FX78, that might make those candids easier to bear: It has on-camera editing features intended to prettify your portraits.
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But it's not one that Obama or the Pentagon or even trillions and trillions in rare minerals will be able to prettify.
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But it's not one that Obama or the Pentagon or even trillions and trillions in rare minerals will be able to prettify.
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