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unˈbeautify, v. [un-2 6 c.] trans. To render unbeautiful.
1570Levins Manip. 98 To vnbeautifie, dedecorare. 1611Florio, Disabellire,..to vnbeautyfie. a1680Charnock Attrib. God (1834) I. 753 Sin unbeautifies man, and ravisheth his excellency. 1729W. Reeve Serm. 20 They depreciate and unbeautify the whole work of Redemption. 1798Lamb The Witch in Lucas Lamb & Lloyds (1898) 94 Heaven's music, which is order, seems unstrung, And this brave world..unbeautify'd, Disorder'd, marr'd. 1876W. Alexander Witness Ps. to Christ (1877) 181 It is characteristic that the same hand should have unbeautified the Psalms for a shallow generation. |