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Be·at·i·fy v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beatified p. pr. & vb. n. Beatifying.]
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.”
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.
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beatified
adj : Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus
worthy of veneration [syn: blessed]
beatify
v 1: fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is
obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at
the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated
by his phenomenal success" [syn: exhilarate, inebriate,
thrill, exalt]
2: make blessedly happy
3: declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of
achieving sainthood; "On Sunday, the martyr will be
beatified by the Vatican"
[also: beatified]