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maisigh — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • beautify verb To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
  • decorate verb To add ornaments or decorations to something, or to improve the appearance of a room or building.
  • embellish verb To decorate something to make it more attractive.
  • garnish verb To decorate a dish of food with a small extra item, or more generally to decorate or embellish something.
  • illuminate verb To light up or shine light onto something.
  • illustrate verb To explain or clarify something by using an example or comparison.

Senses

maisigh is used for these senses in English:

  • beautify (transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
  • embellish To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.
  • garnish To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.
  • illuminate (transitive) To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.
  • illustrate To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.

beautify — full definition

  1. verb To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
  2. verb To become beautiful.
  3. verb To make oneself beautiful.
  4. verb Synonym of pretty-print.

decorate — full definition

  1. verb To add ornaments or decorations to something, or to improve the appearance of a room or building.
  2. verb To honour someone by awarding them a medal, ribbon, or similar mark of distinction.

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