Verb: smarten smaa(r)-t(u)n
- Dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
"He smartened up for the party";
- spruce up, spruce, slick up [N. Amer], smarten up
- Make neat, smart, or trim
"smarten up your house for Spring";
- spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate [rare], smarten up, slick up [N. Amer], spiff up [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: smartened, smartens, smartening
Type of: beautify, fancify, groom, neaten, prettify
Encyclopedia: Smarten