titivate
verb
[ ˈtɪtɪveɪt ]
• make minor enhancements to.
• "she slapped on her warpaint and titivated her hair"
Similar:
groom,
tidy,
arrange,
brush,
comb,
smooth,
smarten (up),
spruce up,
freshen (up),
beautify,
pretty,
preen,
primp,
prink (up),
doll up,
tart up,
gussy up,
trig,
plume,
Origin:
early 19th century (in early use, also as tidivate ): perhaps from tidy, on the pattern of cultivate .