[f. BEAUTIFY; see -FICATION, and cf. amplify, -fication, etc.] The action of beautifying; embellishment, adornment.
a. 1640. Jackson, Creed, XI. xvi. Wks. X. 313. Unuseful beautifications.
1798. W. Mavor, Brit. Tourists, V. 35. The church is antique, but its venerable beauties have been spoiled by offensive and injudicious beautifications.
1881. G. Macdonald, M. Marston, II. xiii. 213. To minister to the comfort or beautification of her cousin.
