sprucing

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sprucing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Spruce \Spruce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spruced (spr[udd]st); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Sprucing (spr[udd]"s[i^]ng).]
     To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce; --
     often used with up; as, to spruce up the house for Company.
     [1913 Webster]