beatify
English
Etymology
From French béatifier, from Medieval Latin beātifico (“I bless”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biːˈætɪfaɪ/
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Verb
beatify (third-person singular simple present beatifies, present participle beatifying, simple past and past participle beatified)
- (transitive) To make blissful.
- (transitive) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
- 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 61639397, page 200:
- [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; […]
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- (transitive, Roman Catholicism) To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed.
Related terms
- beatification
- Blessed
Translations
to make blissful
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to take step in declaring a person a saint
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