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    Beauty , n.; pl. Beauties . [OE. beaute, beute, OF. beauté, biauté, Pr. beltat, F. beauté, fr. an assumed LL. bellitas, from L. bellus pretty. See Beau.]
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    1. An assemblage of graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the æsthetic faculty, or the moral sense.
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      Beauty consists of a certain composition of color and figure, causing delight in the beholder.
      Locke.

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      The production of beauty by a multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole.
      Wordsworth.

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      The old definition of beauty, in the Roman school, was, “multitude in unity;” and there is no doubt that such is the principle of beauty.
      Coleridge.

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    2. A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.
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    3. A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.
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      All the admired beauties of Verona.
      Shak.

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    4. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [Obs.]
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      She stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty.
      Jer. Taylor.

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      Beauty spot, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent to heighten beauty by contrast.
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