beautify

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beau·ti·fy /ˈbjuːtɪfaɪ/ verb (beautified, beautifying, beautifies) [transitive] formal  DCBBEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKINGto make someone or something beautiful 使美丽，美化 plants to beautify the garden 使花园增色的花草→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

beautify• Locals welcome any efforts to beautify the alleys.• Locals welcome any efforts to beautify the neighborhood.• There they met headmaster Frank Boyden, who enlisted them in his efforts to beautify the town surrounding the private school.• Sewing, shopping, and beautifying themselves were the only activities that gave well-to-do women any outlet for personal expression.

beau·ti·fy verbChineseSyllable  

make beautiful something to someone or Corpus

beautify
beau‧ti‧fy /ˈbjuːtəfaɪ, ˈbjuːtɪfaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle beautified, present participle beautifying, third person singular beautifies) [transitive] formal
to make someone or something beautiful:
    plants to beautify the garden

beaut·ifyBrE /ˈbjuːtɪfaɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbjuːtɪfaɪ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they beautify BrE /ˈbjuːtɪfaɪ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈbjuːtɪfaɪ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it beautifies BrE /ˈbjuːtɪfaɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈbjuːtɪfaɪz/ 🔊past simple beautified BrE /ˈbjuːtɪfaɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈbjuːtɪfaɪd/ 🔊past participle beautified BrE /ˈbjuːtɪfaɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈbjuːtɪfaɪd/ 🔊 -ing form beautifying BrE /ˈbjuːtɪfaɪɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈbjuːtɪfaɪɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb/sth to make sb/sth beautiful or more beautiful 美化；使更美丽