"beautifying" meaning in English

See beautifying in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more beautifying [comparative], most beautifying [superlative]
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  1. That beautifies; tending to make beautiful. Translations (tending to make beautiful): beliga (Esperanto), embellissant (French), upiększający (Polish)
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Noun

Forms: beautifyings [plural]
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  1. The act of beautifying. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: beautification Translations (the action of the verb to beautify): beligo (Esperanto), beligado (Esperanto), embellissement (French), Verschönerung [feminine] (German), upiększanie [neuter] (Polish), jönam (Volapük), jönükam (Volapük)
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Verb

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  1. present participle and gerund of beautify Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: beautify
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