beaˈtificate, v. ? Obs. rare.
[f. L. beātificāt- ppl. stem of beātificāre to make happy or blessed.]
= beatify; cf. also beatification 2.
| a 1636 E. Dacres Machiavel's Disc. Livy II. 267 The ancient Religion did not beatificate, but onely men fraught with worldly glory. 1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. x. ii. §55 V. 363 It seemed good..to his Holinesse not to canonize Garnet..but only to beatificate him. |