Beautifying

adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of beautifying. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of beautify form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.

    "When thou present’st me, Gellia, with an Hare, Marcus, thou say’st, ’twill make the seven Days fair. If Hare be such a beautifying Meat, Thou ne’er of one in all thy Life didst eat."

Synonyms

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beautificationbecomingornamental

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"So successful has been the camera's role in beautifying the world that photographs, rather than the world, have become the standard of the beautiful."

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