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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasionplay

Example:

He spruced up for the party

Synonyms:

slick up; smarten up; spruce; spruce up

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "slick up" is one way to...):

groom; neaten (care for one's external appearance)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make neat, smart, or trimplay

Example:

titivate the child

Synonyms:

slick up; smarten up; spiff up; spruce; spruce up; titivate; tittivate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "slick up" is one way to...):

beautify; embellish; fancify; prettify (make more beautiful)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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