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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
beautify .
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Examples
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He had a great respect for the priesthood, and has left many a charming and sympathetic picture of the parish _cure_, such as l'Abbe Janvier in "Le Medecin de Campagne," who acts hand in hand with the good doctor Benassis, as an enlightened benefactor to the poor; or l'Abbe Bonnet, the hero of "Le Cure du Village," whose face had "the impress of faith, an impress giving the stamp of the human greatness which approaches most nearly to divine greatness, and of which the undefinable expression beautifies the most ordinary features."
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In a paper in the May Nature Neuroscience, Nikolaus Kriegeskorte of the Medical Research Council in Cambridge, England, and colleagues call the non-independence issue the error that "beautifies" results.
Signs of the Times 2009
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In a paper in the May Nature Neuroscience, Nikolaus Kriegeskorte of the Medical Research Council in Cambridge, England, and colleagues call the non-independence issue the error that "beautifies" results.
Signs of the Times 2009
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In a paper in the May Nature Neuroscience, Nikolaus Kriegeskorte of the Medical Research Council in Cambridge, England, and colleagues call the non-independence issue the error that "beautifies" results.
Signs of the Times 2009
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From one of those old manuals, I read this great quote, "A subdued, light color beautifies and gives a natural good look to the legs."
From Pillbox Hat to Bullet Bra: The Anatomy of a Pan Am Stewardess Uniform 2011
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However, we hire a woman to clean our house weekly and a gardener who beautifies our yard biweekly.
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It's a jarring reminder that money doesn't guarantee success though it certainly beautifies failure.
Broke 2010
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The movie is going to be controversial because some people think it beautifies Japanese imperialism.
Watch This: Footage from Live-Action 'Space Battleship Yamato' « FirstShowing.net 2010
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The project simultaneously “beautifies the city and calls attention to waste consumption.”
Spatial High Jinks 2008
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A thoughtful mix of shade trees and vegetation beautifies streetscapes and makes them ecologically greener.
Terms, mind-sets must be changed to encourage and enable more walking in cities Roger K. Lewis 2010
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