beautifying
Englisch
editVerb
editbeautifying
- present participle and gerund of beautify
Nomen
editbeautifying (uncountable)
- The action of the verb to beautify.
- Synonym: beautification
Translations
editthe action of the verb to beautify
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Adjective
editbeautifying (comparative more beautifying, superlative most beautifying)
- That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.
- 1695, Henry Killigrew, transl., Epigrams of Martial[1], 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[2], 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[3], New York: Bantam, published 1980, Part 2, Chapter 13, p. 74:
- […] I have found exercise far more beautifying than any surgical face-lift.
Translations
edittending to make beautiful
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