Usually means: Make something appear superficially attractive.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word cosmeticize:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. cosmeticize: Merriam-Webster
  2. cosmeticize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. cosmeticize: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cosmeticize: Wiktionary
  5. cosmeticize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. cosmeticize: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. cosmeticize: Dictionary.com
  8. cosmeticize: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cosmeticize: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

(Note: See cosmeticized as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cosmeticize)

verb:  To make attractive, to superficially improve the appearance of

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