beatify

/biˌædəˈfaɪ/
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Other forms: beatified; beatifying; beatifies

Definitions of beatify
  1. verb
    make blessedly happy
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    type of:
    elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift
    fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
  2. verb
    fill with sublime emotion
    synonyms: exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, tickle pink
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    type of:
    elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift
    fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
  3. verb
    declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood
    “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
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    type of:
    adjudge, declare, hold
    declare to be
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