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beautify

v.
US //ˈbjutɪˌfaɪ// UK //bjˈuːtɪfˌaɪ// beau·ti·fy Archaic
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From Middle English beutifien, from Old French beaute (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fine”), + -ify, from Latin facio (“make”).

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