01 v. t. To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
imp. & p. p.
Beatified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Beatifying
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To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.“The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth.” — Barrow.
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To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment.
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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.(R. C. Ch.)