prettify
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WordNet 3.6
- v prettify make more beautiful
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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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- prettify To make pretty; embellish; especially, to make pretty in a petty, finical way, as by the excessive or fanciful use of ornament.
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
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- v.t Prettify to make pretty in an excessively ornamental way
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
A.S. prættig, tricky—prætt, trickery; prob. Low L. practicus—Gr. praktikos—prattein, to do.
In literature:
There is no need to prettify the record; the record, as it stands, in all its crude natural colors, is good enough.
"Proclaim Liberty!" by Gilbert Seldes
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In news:
Because properties needing renovations are up to 20 percent cheaper than their prettified counterparts, says Halstead's Barry Silverman.
The prettifying plantings, can't fully disguise the mound's purpose as a bunker.
Doggy holiday – Marco Island's Canine Christmas Parade presents plenty of prettified pooches.
These prettifying finds fit the bill.
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