beautification

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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First attested in 1600, from beautify (“to make beautiful”) + -ication.

On a nothing, a pretty whim, on the beautification of the family schloss in which his babies have to be born...." Herr von Knobelsdorff laughed. — Royal Highness, Thomas Mann
She ran over the rooms with the glee of a child, and only came back to her husband to urge him to take it, giving her this thing and that thing necessary to its beautification. — Agatha's Husband: A Novel, Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
It is the order of the Sirkar, and the money is spent for the planting of trees and the beautification of the ways.” “And the bellies of the police,” said Kim, slipping out of arm’s reach. — Kim, Rudyard Kipling

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