See titivate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast:",
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"To make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "украсявам се"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "спретвам се"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "huolitella"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "viimeistellä"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "pyntätä"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "tällätä"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "hiplata"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to make small improvements to",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to make small improvements to",
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "to make small improvements to",
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"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "enfeitar"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "enfeitar-se"
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"roman": "narjažátʹ",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "наряжа́ть"
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"roman": "narjažatʹsja",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "наряжаться"
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"roman": "prixorašivatʹ",
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"word": "прихорашивать"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "arreglar"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "adornar"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "vestirse de gala"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "украсявам се"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "спретвам се"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "huolitella"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "viimeistellä"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"tags": [
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"word": "huosia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "pyntätä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "tällätä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "hiplata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "pomponner"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "schniedeln"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "しゃれる"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "enfeitar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "enfeitar-se"
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"roman": "narjažátʹ",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "наряжа́ть"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "narjažatʹsja",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "наряжаться"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prixorašivatʹ",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "прихорашивать"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prixorašivatʹsja",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "прихорашиваться"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "arreglar"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "afeitar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "adornar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make small improvements to",
"word": "vestirse de gala"
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"word": "titivate"
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