beauteous, bewteous (bew as bu)

[From Eng. beauty, -ous; or O. Eng. beauté, .] Full of beauty beautiful. (Chiefly poetic.) (Used either of a living being, of inanimate nature, or even of anything abstract, as order.) "He was among the prime in worth, An object beauteous to behold: Well born, well bred; I sent him forth Ingenuous, innocent, and bold." Words worth: Affliction of Margaret. "Now, would you see this aged Thorn, This pond, and beauteous hill of mo ." Words worth: Thorn IMG:content-1174.png:[blocks in formation] "The harlot's cheek, beautied with plast'ring art, Is not more ugly to the thing that helps it, Than is my deed to my most painted word." Shakesp.: Hamlet , ili. 1. beau'-ti-fied, pa . par . & a. [BEAUTIFY, v.] a most pleasant, mountainous country, beau tified with woods, vineyards, fruits of all sorts, flowers also, with springs and fountains, very delectable to behold (Isa. xxxiii, 16, 17)."-Bunyan: P. P. , pt. L "And those bright twins were side by side, And there, by fresh hopes beautified ." Words worth: White Doe of Rylstone, 11. beau'-ti-fi-ěr, s. [Eng. beaut if (y); -er.] One who beautifies; one who renders anything beautiful. "O Time! the beautifler of the dead, Adorner of the ruin, comforter And only healer when the heart hath bled." Byron: Childe Harold , iv. 130,