beautify

From Middle English, from Old French beaute (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fine”), + Latin facio (“make”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjuː.tɪ.faɪ/

beautify (third-person singular simple present beautifies, present participle beautifying, simple past and past participle beautified)

1. (transitive) To make beautiful, or to increase the beauty of.
2. (intransitive, rare) To become beautiful.

• adorn
• decorate
• ornament
• prettify

• uglify

• beautification
• beautifier
• beautifiable
• glorify