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Verb: smarten  smaa(r)-t(u)n
  1. 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]
     
  2. Dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
    "You need to smarten your appearance"; "He smartened up for the party";
    - spruce up, spruce, slick up [N. Amer], smarten up

Derived forms: smartened, smartens, smartening

Type of: beautify, embellish, fancify, groom, neaten, prettify

Encyclopedia: Smarten