prettify
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prettify (third-person singular simple present prettifies, present participle prettifying, simple past and past participle prettified)
- To make pretty or prettier, to make more attractive, especially only in a superficial way. [from 17th c.]
- 2011 November 5, “Land of the wasted talent”, in The Economist:
- Old-fashioned bosses see their role as prettifying the office and forming a pool of potential marriage partners for male employees.
- (computing) Synonym of pretty-print