beatify en · VERB
Pronunciation
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- /biˈætɪfaɪ/
Etymology
From French béatifier, from Medieval Latin beātifico (“I bless”).
Meanings
- (transitive) To make blissful.
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(transitive) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
[T]hat assertion of the wise man: 'Labor not for riches; wilt thou set thy heart on that which is not?' it, well applied, will pluck down the high places reared to this great idol of clay in men's hearts: will confute the common conceits and phrases which so beatify wealth; […]
a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “Sermon XLVI. The Consideration of our Latter End.”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume III, London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1831, →OCLC, page 200:
- (transitive) To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| beatifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| beatifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| beatified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| beatified | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
upcheer · gladden someone's heart · elevate · jollify · beatify · hearten · blissen · gratify · warm the cockles of someone's heart · gladden · fain · happy · light up · cheer · warm someone's heart · make someone's day · enrapture · gay · begladden · cheer up · bright · blissen · content · turn the frown upside down · cherish · fetch · perk up · please · laetificate · happify · rejoice · exhilarate · raise someone's spirits · delight · elate · elate · enbliss
Translations (26)
de seligsprechen (to take step in declaring a person a saint) · ga beannaigh (to take step in declaring a person a saint) · nb saliggjøre (to make blissful) · fi tehdä autuaaksi (to make blissful) · cy gwynfydedigo (to take step in declaring a person a saint) · fi autuuttaa (to take step in declaring a person a saint) · cy gwynfydoli (to take step in declaring a person a saint) · da saligkåre (to take step in declaring a person a saint) · fi autuuttaa (to make blissful) · nn saliggjere (to make blissful) · nn saligkåre (to take step in declaring a person a saint) · da saliggøre (to make blissful) · nb saligkåre (to take step in declaring a person a saint) · es beatificar (to take step in declaring a person a saint) · it beatificare (to take step in declaring a person a saint) · ca beatificar (to make blissful) · ko 시복하다 (to take step in declaring a person a saint) · sv saligförklara (to take step in declaring a person a saint) · pt beatificar (to take step in declaring a person a saint) · fr béatifier (to take step in declaring a person a saint) · sv beatificera (to take step in declaring a person a saint) · hu boldoggá avat (to take step in declaring a person a saint) · pl beatyfikować (to take step in declaring a person a saint) · ca beatificar (to take step in declaring a person a saint) · fi julistaa autuaaksi (to take step in declaring a person a saint) · gl beatificar (to take step in declaring a person a saint)