Beatify \Be*at"i*fy\ (b[-e]*[a^]t"[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Beatified (b[-e]*[a^]t"[i^]*f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb.
n. Beatifying.] [L. beatificare; beatus happy (fr. beare to
bless, akin to bonus good) + facere to make: cf. F.
b['e]atifier. See Bounty.]
1. To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or
as conferring happiness.
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The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth.
--Barrow.
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2. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial
enjoyment. "Beatified spirits." --Dryden.
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3. (R. C. Ch.) To ascertain and declare, by a public process
and decree, that a deceased person is one of "the
blessed," and is to be reverenced as such, though not
canonized.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
beatify
v 1: fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is
obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at
the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated
by his phenomenal success" [syn: exhilarate, inebriate,
thrill, exalt]
2: make blessedly happy
3: declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of
achieving sainthood; "On Sunday, the martyr will be
beatified by the Vatican"
[also: beatified]
WordNet (r) 2.0
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "beatify":
aggrandize, apotheose, apotheosize, bless, canonize, cheer,
cleanse, consecrate, crown, dedicate, deify, devote, elevate,
ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, exalt, gladden, glamorize, glorify,
hallow, happify, immortalize, lionize, magnify, make happy,
make legendary, purify, raise, saint, sanctify, set apart, set up,
throne, uplift
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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