释义 |
pulchrify, v. nonce-wd.|ˈpʌlkrɪfaɪ| [f. L. pulcher, pulcer, acc. pulchr-um, pulcr-um beautiful + -fy.] trans. To beautify, adorn, embellish.
1795Southey Lett. fr. Spain i. (1797) 3 It was necessary that Senor Don Raimundo Aruspini should pulchrify his person. Ibid. viii. 96 [A hat] sent to be pulchrified by a hatter at Coruña. |