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Beatify

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To make blessedly happy.

v. Roman Catholic Church To proclaim (a deceased person) to be one of the blessed and thus worthy of public religious veneration in a particular region or religious congregation.

v. To exalt above all others.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To make blissful.

v. To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.

v. To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a saint.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.

v. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment.

v. 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.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To make supremely happy; bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment: as,“beatified spirits,”

To pronounce or regard as happy, or as conferring happiness.

Specifically In the Roman Catholic Church, to decree beatification.

Hence To ascribe extraordinary virtue or excellence to; regard as saintly or exalted.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood

v. make blessedly happy

v. fill with sublime emotion

Word Usage

"Many Catholics in the world are rejoicing over Pope Benedict XVI's announcement last week that he will beatify John Paul on May 1."

Antonym

curse

Verb Form

beatified beatifies beatifying

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

adjudge hold declare lift up intoxicate pickup elate uplift

Cross Reference

please gladden

Variant

beatified

Form

beatified beatifying

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

heaven bless felicitate imparadise macarize

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

gratify ratify stratify