Beatify

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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       v 1: fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is
            obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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