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beatify, v.|biːˈætɪfaɪ|
Also 7 -fie.
[a. F. béatifier, ad. L. beātificāre to make happy.]
1. trans. To make supremely happy or blessed.
1535Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. iii. iii, The sowle departed from the body is..beatified..with angels. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 119 He can beatify, because He is Bliss.
2. To pronounce or declare supremely blessed.
a1677Barrow Wks. 1686 III. 161 The common conceits and phrases which so beatify wealth.
3. R.C. Ch. To pronounce (a person) to be in enjoyment of heavenly bliss: see beatification 2.
1629Wadsworth Sp. Pilgr. 79, I examined the cause why the Pope should beatifie Garnet. 1704Addison Italy (1733) 225 Who has been beatify'd tho' never Sainted. 1865Pusey Tr. Eng. Ch. 101 One who has since been beatified. |