8 definitions found for beatify

Beatify BEAT'IFY, v.t. [L. beatus, happy, from beo, to bless, and facio, to make.]
1. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment.
2. In the Romish church, to declare, by a decree or public act, that a person is received into heaven, and is to be reverenced as blessed, though not canonized.

beatify v 1: fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success" [syn: exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify] 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"

beatify transitive verb (-fied; -fying) Etymology: Middle French beatifier, from Late Latin beatificare, from Latin beatus + facere to make — more at do Date: 1535 1. to make supremely happy 2. to declare to have attained the blessedness of heaven and authorize the title “Blessed” and limited public religious honor • beatification noun

beatify
v.tr. (-ies, -ied)
1 RC Ch. announce the beatification of.
2 make happy.
Etymology: F béatifier or eccl.L beatificare f. L beatus blessed

beatify bi:ˈætɪfaɪ v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 RC Ch. announce the beatification of. 2 make happy. [F b÷atifier or eccl.L beatificare f. L beatus blessed]

Beatify 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.

beatify v. a. 1. Enrapture, rapture, enchant, transport, enravish, ravish, make happy. 2. Pronounce in bliss (by the Pope's official act).

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