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Pos: Verb (usu participle)
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Verb beautify has 3 senses

1.  beautify(v = verb.change) embellish, fancify, prettify - make more beautiful;
is one way to ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
Antonym: uglify
Derived forms noun beautification1, noun beauty1
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

2.  beautify(v = verb.stative) adorn, deck, decorate, embellish, grace - be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
is one way to be
Derived forms noun beautification1, noun beauty1
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

3.  beautify(v = verb.creation) adorn, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived forms noun beautification1, noun beauty1
Sample sentences: They beautify the halls with holly


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

beautify, v. t. [Beauty + -fy.].

   To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish. [1913 Webster]
"The arts that beautify and polish life." [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To adorn; grace; ornament; deck; decorate.

beautify, v. i.

   To become beautiful; to advance in beauty. Addison. [1913 Webster]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

beautify, v.tr. (-ies, -ied) make beautiful; adorn.

Derivative:
beautification n. beautifier n.


[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Beauty

VB  be beautiful, shine, beam, bloom, become one, set off, grace, render beautiful, beautify, polish, burnish, gild, set out, snatch a grace beyond the reach of art.


Ornament

VB  ornament, overlay with ornament, overcharge, smell of the lamp, ornament, embellish, enrich, decorate, adorn, bead, beautify, adonize, smarten, furbish, polish, gild, varnish, whitewash, enamel, japan, lacquer, paint, grain, garnish, trim, dizen, bedizen, prink, prank, trick out, fig out, deck, bedeck, dight, bedight, array, begawd, titivate, dress, dress up, spangle, bespangle, powder, embroider, work, chase, emboss, fret, emblazon, illuminate, illustrate, become.