beautifying

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of beautify

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of beautifying.

adj

1. 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].”

   “[…] I have found exercise far more beautifying than any surgical face-lift.”