"beautify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbjuː.tɪ.faɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-beautify.wav [Southern-England] Forms: beautifies [present, singular, third-person], beautifying [participle, present], beautified [participle, past], beautified [past]
Etymology: From Middle English beutifien, from Old French beaute (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fine”), + -ify, from Latin facio (“make”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|beutifien}} Middle English beutifien, {{der|en|fro|beaute||beauty}} Old French beaute (“beauty”), {{der|en|la|bellus||beautiful, fine}} Latin bellus (“beautiful, fine”), {{m|en|-ify}} -ify, {{der|en|la|facio||make}} Latin facio (“make”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} beautify (third-person singular simple present beautifies, present participle beautifying, simple past and past participle beautified)
  1. (transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of. Tags: transitive Synonyms: adorn, decorate, ornament, prettify Translations (to make beautiful or more beautiful): جَمَّلَ (jammala) (Arabic), զարդարել (zardarel) (Armenian), разкрасявам (razkrasjavam) (Bulgarian), разхубавявам (razhubavjavam) (Bulgarian), 美化 (měihuà) (Chinese Mandarin), krášlit (Czech), beligi (Esperanto), kaunistaa (Finnish), embellir (French), verschönern (German), ausschmücken (German), ομορφαίνω (omorfaíno) (Greek), καλλωπίζω (kallopízo) (Greek), ייפה (yipá) (Hebrew), קישט (kishét) (Hebrew), szépít (Hungarian), fegra (Icelandic), beligar (Ido), áilligh (Irish), breáthaigh (Irish), maisigh (Irish), barr maise a chur ar (Irish), abbellire (Italian), 美しくする (utsukushiku suru) (Japanese), 美化する (bika suru) (Japanese), әшекейлеу (äşekeileu) (Kazakh), decoro (Latin), extollo (Latin), orno (Latin), venusto (Latin), jsebbħu (Maltese), sebbah (Maltese), whakapaipai (Maori), whakarāwai (Maori), whakapīwari (Maori), whakaātaahua (Maori), mupuranga (Nheengatu), mpuranga (Nheengatu), forskjønne (Norwegian), زیبیدن (zibidan) (Persian), برازیدن (barâzidan) (Persian), زیبادن (Persian), upiększać [imperfective] (Polish), upiększyć [perfective] (Polish), embelezar (Portuguese), înfrumuseța (Romanian), украша́ть (ukrašátʹ) (Russian), улѐпшати [Cyrillic, Ekavian] (Serbo-Croatian), уљѐпшати [Cyrillic, Ijekavian] (Serbo-Croatian), ulèpšati [Ekavian, Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), uljèpšati [Ijekavian, Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), embellecer (Spanish), güzelleştirmek (Turkish), jönön (Volapük), jönükön (Volapük), באַשײַנען (bashaynen) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-beautify-en-verb-3k-6mrNb Disambiguation of 'to make beautiful or more beautiful': 54 13 27 5
  2. (intransitive, rare) To become beautiful. Tags: intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-beautify-en-verb-4SW3aVdf
  3. (intransitive, rare) To make oneself beautiful. Tags: intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-beautify-en-verb-z5BFy2pc
  4. (computing) Synonym of pretty-print Categories (topical): Computing, Appearance Synonyms: prettify, pretty-print [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-beautify-en-verb-l4Scizl9 Disambiguation of Appearance: 41 0 0 59 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 4 4 78 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 5 4 74 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: beautification, beautifier, beautifiable, beautifying

Inflected forms

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      "word": "beligar"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "barr maise a chur ar"
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      "word": "abbellire"
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      "roman": "utsukushiku suru",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
      "word": "美しくする"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "bika suru",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
      "word": "whakapīwari"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
      "word": "whakaātaahua"
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      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
      "word": "forskjønne"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "zibidan",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
      "word": "زیبیدن"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "barâzidan",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
      "word": "برازیدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
      "word": "زیبادن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "upiększać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "upiększyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
      "word": "embelezar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
      "word": "înfrumuseța"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ukrašátʹ",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
      "word": "украша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
      "tags": [
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        "Ekavian"
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      "word": "улѐпшати"
    },
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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
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        "Ijekavian"
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      "word": "уљѐпшати"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
      "tags": [
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        "Roman"
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      "word": "ulèpšati"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "uljèpšati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
      "word": "embellecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
      "word": "güzelleştirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
      "word": "jönön"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
      "word": "jönükön"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "bashaynen",
      "sense": "to make beautiful or more beautiful",
      "word": "באַשײַנען"
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