Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Adorned; made beautiful; in heraldry, ornamented with jewels, feathers, or the like: said of a crown, a cap, or any garment used as a bearing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
beautify . - adjective Having been made
beautiful . Made beautiful
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Examples
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With what glorious designs is that habitation beautified, which is contrived and built by him who inspired _Hiram_ with wisdom?
The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant John Hamilton Moore 1772
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On the one hand, Ling long imparted the beauty secrets of movie stars, and on the other hand instructed "beautified" and "made up" girls how to keep close guard against the attacks of men, because all men harbor bad intentions.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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On the one hand, Ling long imparted the beauty secrets of movie stars, and on the other hand instructed "beautified" and "made up" girls how to keep close guard against the attacks of men, because all men harbor bad intentions.
Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: Ling long women's magazine 2008
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Conversations about tattooing here as in Ngungwe eerily echoed the reminiscences of women from across Magude district who "beautified" their bodies with tinhlanga during the colonial period.
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005
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Liu has also mandated that the airport, conference venues and streets be "beautified" with green grass.
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That's an ill phrase, a vile phrase; 'beautified' is a vile phrase
Archive 2005-09-01 Beach Blogger 2005
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That's an ill phrase, a vile phrase; 'beautified' is a vile phrase
Vile Ophelia Beach Blogger 2005
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William fronts toward the river, and with its ramparts and buildings forms a striking object; while the whole is bordered and "beautified" by the broad river, with its crowd of masts and flags, its almost innumerable boats, its landing-ghats, and all its life and motion.
The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands Anonymous
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Of course, all organists of the period -- and until a considerably later period -- "beautified" everything they played in precisely the same fashion, and naturally the children would follow the organ.
Haydn John F. Runciman 1891
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· OS4XL helps overcome numerous problems when data has been "beautified" for presentation, but this has reduced its ability to be used in any downstream automation.
Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Windows 2010
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