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beautifying en · ADJ

Meanings

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. 1695, Henry Killigrew, transl., Epigrams of Martial, London: Henry Bonwicke, Book 5, Epigram 32, pp. 117-118:
   • It evidently surpassed his majesty’s comprehension how any sober-minded and sensible individual could entertain the least possible objection to so beautifying an operation [i.e. being tattooed]. 1846, Herman Melville, chapter 30, in Typee, London: John Murray, published 1847, page 243:
   • […] I have found exercise far more beautifying than any surgical face-lift. 1979, Nathan Pritikin, Patrick M. McGrady, The Pritikin Program for Diet and Exercise, New York: Bantam, published 1980, Part 2, Chapter 13, p. 74:

Forms

Translations (4)

fr embellissant (tending to make beautiful) · hu szépítő (tending to make beautiful) · pl upiększający (tending to make beautiful) · eo beliga (tending to make beautiful)

beautifying en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of beautifying.

Forms

Synonyms

beautification

Translations (8)

vo jönam (the action of the verb to beautify) · pl upiększanie (the action of the verb to beautify) · hu szépítő (the action of the verb to beautify) · eo beligo (the action of the verb to beautify) · fr embellissement (the action of the verb to beautify) · eo beligado (the action of the verb to beautify) · vo jönükam (the action of the verb to beautify) · de Verschönerung (the action of the verb to beautify)

beautifying en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of beautify
   form of beautify