beatify, v.
(biːˈætɪfaɪ)
Also 7 -fie.
[a. F. béatifier, ad. L. beātificāre to make happy.]
1. trans. To make supremely happy or blessed.
| 1535 Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. iii. iii, The sowle departed from the body is..beatified..with angels. 1860 Pusey Min. Proph. 119 He can beatify, because He is Bliss. |
2. To pronounce or declare supremely blessed.
| a 1677 Barrow 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.
| 1629 Wadsworth Sp. Pilgr. 79, I examined the cause why the Pope should beatifie Garnet. 1704 Addison Italy (1733) 225 Who has been beatify'd tho' never Sainted. 1865 Pusey Tr. Eng. Ch. 101 One who has since been beatified. |