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# beautify

verb (beautify, beautifies, beautified, beautifying)

«beautify» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To beautify something is to make it more beautiful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beautify/#m1)

### In the lessons

In community projects, people beautify a town with flowers and murals. «Beautify the school garden» means make it look nicer. In stories, a character beautifies herself before a ball.

### Examples

- The volunteers beautified the park with flower beds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beautify/#x1)
- We beautified the classroom with our paintings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beautify/#x2)
- The town plants tulips to beautify its streets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beautify/#x3)
- She beautified the old box with shells. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beautify/#x4)
- Toad wanted to beautify Toad Hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beautify/#x5)
- Murals beautified the grey wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beautify/#x6)
- The improvement is not due to the dress alone, but largely to the beautifying effects of the bath. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beautify/#x7)

### Note

Spelling: y → ies, ied (beautifies, beautified), but beautifying keeps y. Noun: beautification.

## In Jewish tradition

It means to make something splendid and honorable, especially God's house, the Temple.

**Interpretation.** Ezra praises God for moving the king to adorn the Temple. Tradition teaches the idea of "hiddur mitzvah", making commandments beautiful, as a way of honoring God.

### Examples

- Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem; (Writings EZR.7.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beautify/#x1)
- The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the cypress, the plane-tree and the larch together; to beautify the place of My sanctuary, and I will make the place of My feet glorious. (Prophets ISA.60.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beautify/#x2)

### Note

Spelling: y → ies, ied (beautifies, beautified), but beautifying keeps y. Noun: beautification.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «beautify» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beautify/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «beautify» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beautify/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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