different between beautify vs bedeck

English

Etymology

From Middle English beutifien, from Old French beaute (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fine”), + -ify, from Latin facio (“make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bju?.t?.fa?/

Verb

beautify (third-person singular simple present beautifies, present participle beautifying, simple past and past participle beautified)

1. (transitive) To make beautiful, or to increase the beauty of.
2. (intransitive, rare) To become beautiful.

Synonyms

• adorn
• decorate
• ornament
• prettify

Antonyms

• uglify

Related terms

• beautification
• beautifier
• beautifiable
• glorify

Translations

English

Etymology

From be- +? deck. Compare West Frisian bedekke (“to cover”), Dutch bedekken (“to cover, coat, overlay”), German bedecken (“to cover, top, overlay”), Swedish betäcka (“to cover, shelter”). Doublet of bethatch.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??d?k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Verb

bedeck (third-person singular simple present bedecks, present participle bedecking, simple past and past participle bedecked)

1. (transitive) To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace.

Translations

Anagrams

• becked

German

Pronunciation

Verb

bedeck

1. singular imperative of bedecken
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of bedecken