beautify
part of speech
verb (beautify, beautifies, beautified, beautifying)
meaning for a pupil
To beautify something is to make it more beautiful. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means to make something splendid and honorable, especially God's house, the Temple. Interpretation: Ezra praises God for moving the king to adorn the Temple. Tradition teaches the idea of "hiddur mitzvah", making commandments beautiful, as a way of honoring God. In the primary lessons: In community projects, people beautify a town with flowers and murals. «Beautify the school garden» means make it look nicer. In stories, a character beautifies herself before a ball.
examples
- Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem; (Writings EZR.7.27, JPS 1917) tree →
- The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the cypress, the plane-tree and the larch together; to beautify the place of My sanctuary, and I will make the place of My feet glorious. (Prophets ISA.60.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- The volunteers beautified the park with flower beds. tree →
- We beautified the classroom with our paintings. tree →
- The town plants tulips to beautify its streets. tree →
- She beautified the old box with shells. tree →
- Toad wanted to beautify Toad Hall. tree →
- Murals beautified the grey wall. tree →
- The improvement is not due to the dress alone, but largely to the beautifying effects of the bath. tree →
note
Spelling: y → ies, ied (beautifies, beautified), but beautifying keeps y. Noun: beautification.
Trees and pragmatics
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