Meaning of BEATIFY
| Pronunciation: | | bee'atu`fI
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- [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- [v] fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
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| | Synonyms: | | exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, thrill |
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| | See Also: | | adjudge, declare, elate, hold, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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