beautify
/ˈbjuː.tɪ.faɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.51 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Synonym of pretty-print.
Example Sentences
- "1592, Robert Greene, Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit, London: William Wright, “Robertoes Tale” […] there is an vpstart Crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his Tygers hart wrapt in a Players hyde, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blanke verse as the best of you:"
- "And now, / This ornament [i.e. beard] / Makes me look dismal will I clip to form; / And what this fourteen years no razor touch’d, / To grace thy marriage-day, I’ll beautify."
- "[…] she was at the other end of the room, beautifying a nosegay;"
- "“[…] I’m so thankful for friendship. It beautifies life so much.”"
- "‘Boy, you take a big chance,’ Moses say. ‘Them pigeons there to beautify the park, not to eat. The people over here will kill you if you touch a fly.’"
- "Officials are taking these old palm trees down in several parks and public spaces as they try to beautify the city, and prevent rotting tree trunks from falling on people."