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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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Beatify

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Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb Beatify has 3 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Beatifyv. t. [L. beatificare; beatus happy (fr. beare to bless, akin to bonus good) + facere to make: cf. F. béatifier. See Bounty.].
  •  To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.  [1913 Webster]
    "The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Beatify, v.tr. (-ies, -ied)
1 RC Ch. announce the beatification of.
2 make happy.

Etymology
F b{eacute}atifier or eccl.L beatificare f. L beatus blessed

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

Beatify

Pleasurableness

VB cause pleasure, produce pleasure, create pleasure, give pleasure, afford pleasure, procure pleasure, offer pleasure, present pleasure, yield pleasure, please, charm, delight, becharm, imparadise, gladden, take, captivate, fascinate, enchant, entrance, enrapture, transport, bewitch, enravish, bless, beatify, satisfy, gratify, desire, slake, satiate, quench, indulge, humor, flatter, tickle, tickle the palate, regale, refresh, enliven, treat, amuse, take one's fancy, tickle one's fancy, hit one's fancy, meet one's wishes, win the heart, gladden the heart, rejoice the heart, warm the cockles of the heart, do one's heart good, attract, allure, stimulate, interest, make things pleasant, popularize, gild the pill, sugar-coat the pill, sweeten.

Piety

VB be pious, have faith, believe, receive Christ, revere, be converted, convert, edify, sanctify, keep holy, beatify, regenerate, inspire, consecrate, enshrine.

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