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Beatify

Beatify Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Beatify? [v] declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican" [v] make blessedly happy [v] fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Beatify: exalt \| exhilarate \| inebriate \| thrill Related Terms \| Find terms related to 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 See Also \| adjudge \| declare \| elate \| hold \| intoxicate \| lift up \| pick up \| uplift Beatify In Webster's Dictionary \Beat"ify\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beatified} (?); 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. The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth. --Barrow. 2. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. ``Beatified spirits.'' --Dryden. 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.

Beatify Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Beatify?

[v] declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican"
[v] make blessedly happy
[v] fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Beatify: exalt | exhilarate | inebriate | thrill

Beatify In Webster's Dictionary

\Be*at"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beatified} (?); 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.

         The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth.
                                               --Barrow.

2. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial
   enjoyment. ``Beatified spirits.'' --Dryden.

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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