beautifying

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English

Verb

beautifying

  1. present participle and gerund of beautify

Noun

beautifying (uncountable)

  1. The action of the verb to beautify.
    Synonym: beautification

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Adjective

beautifying (comparative more beautifying, superlative most beautifying)

  1. That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.
    • 1695, Henry Killigrew, transl., Epigrams of Martial‎, London: Henry Bonwicke, Book 5, Epigram 32, pp. 117-118:
      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.
    • 1846, Herman Melville, chapter 30, in Typee‎, London: John Murray, published 1847, page 243:
      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].
    • 1979, Nathan Pritikin, Patrick M. McGrady, The Pritikin Program for Diet and Exercise‎, New York: Bantam, published 1980, Part 2, Chapter 13, p. 74:
      […] I have found exercise far more beautifying than any surgical face-lift.

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