Part 985

<h1>Beautied</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Beau"tied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <def>Beautiful; embellished.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Beautifier</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Beau"ti*fi`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, beautifies or makes beautiful.</def>

<h1>Beautiful</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Beau"ti*ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind.</def>

<blockquote>A circle is more <b>beautiful</b> than a square; a square is more <b>beautiful</b> than a parallelogram. <i>Lord Kames.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Handsome; elegant; lovely; fair; charming; graceful; pretty; delightful.</syn> See <er>Fine</er>.

-- <wordforms><wf>Beau"ti*ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Beau"ti*ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Beautify</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Beau"ti*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Beautified</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Beautifying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[<ets>Beauty</ets> + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.</def>

<blockquote>The arts that <b>beautify</b> and polish life. <i> Burke.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To adorn; grace; ornament; deck; decorate.</syn>

<h1>Beautify</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Beau"ti*fy</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become beautiful; to advance in beauty.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Beautiless</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Beau"ti*less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of beauty.</def>

<i> Hammond.</i>

<h1>Beauty</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Beau"ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Beautie</plw>s <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>beaute</ets>, <ets>beute</ets>, OF. <ets>beaut\'82</ets>, <ets>biaut\'82</ets>, Pr. <ets>beltat</ets>, F. <ets>beaut\'82</ets>, fr. an assumed LL. <ets>bellitas</ets>, from L. <ets>bellus</ets> pretty. See <er>Beau</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the \'91sthetic faculty, or the moral sense.</def>

<blockquote><b>Beauty</b> consists of a certain composition of color and figure, causing delight in the beholder. <i> Locke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The production of <b>beauty</b> by a multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The old definition of <b>beauty</b>, in the Roman school, was, "multitude in unity;" and there is no doubt that such is the principle of <b>beauty</b>. <i> Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; <as>as, the <ex>beauties</ex> of nature</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.</def>