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Webster 1913 Edition
Beatify
Be-at′i-fy
(bē̍-ăt′ĭ-fī)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Beatified
(bē̍-ăt′ĭ-fīd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Beatifying
.] [L.
beatificare
; beatus
happy (fr. beare
to bless, akin to bonus
good) + facere
to make: cf. F. béatifier
. 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Beatify
BEAT'IFY
,Verb.
T.
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.