Beatify

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  • transitive verb. 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.
  • transitive verb. To exalt; glorify.
    • 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
  • transitive verb. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment.
  • transitive verb. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make blissful.
  • verb. To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
  • verb. To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a saint.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood
  • verb. make blessedly happy
  • verb. 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."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    curse  
    cross-reference
    gladden  please  
    Form
    beatified  beatifying  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    adjudge  declare  elate  hold  intoxicate  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    gratify  ratify  stratify  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aggrandize  apotheose  apotheosize  bless  bless  
    variant
    beatified  
    verb-form
    beatified  beatifies  beatifying  
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