beautifying
Collocations
5ADJ.
far, surgical
VERB + BEAUTIFYING
exercise
BEAUTIFYING + NOUN
meat, ne, operation, thou, world
PREP.
in, than
ADV.
such
Definitions
noun
The act of beautifying.
adj
That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.
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.
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].
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4When 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.
WiktionaryIt 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].
Wiktionary[…] I have found exercise far more beautifying than any surgical face-lift.
WiktionarySo successful has been the camera's role in beautifying the world that photographs, rather than the world, have become the standard of the beautiful.
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