Helen Fenton

Beautify: Definition and part of speech

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Beautify

  1. v. i. To become beautiful; to advance in beauty.
  2. v. t. To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Beauty: Definition and part of speech

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Beauty

  1. n. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
  2. n. An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.
  3. n. A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.
  4. n. A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Beaver: Definition and part of speech

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Beaver

  1. n. That piece of armor which protected the lower part of the face, whether forming a part of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink.
  2. n. An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor.
  3. n. The fur of the beaver.
  4. n. A hat, formerly made of the fur of the beaver, but now usually of silk.
  5. n. Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woolen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.