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beatify vt. 使享福,行宣福礼 使享福,行宣福礼 beatify v 1: fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success" [synonym: {exhilarate}, {tickle pink}, {inebriate}, {thrill}, {exalt}, {beatify}] 2: make blessedly happy 3: declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican" Beatify \Be*at"i*fy\ (b[-e]*[a^]t"[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beatified} (b[-e]*[a^]t"[i^]*f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Beatifying}.] [L. beatificare; beatus happy (fr. beare to bless, akin to bonus good) facere to make: cf. F. b['e]atifier. See {Bounty}.] 1. To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness. [1913 Webster] The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth. --Barrow. [1913 Webster] 2. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. "Beatified spirits." --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. (R. C. Ch.) To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized. [1913 Webster] 35 Moby Thesaurus words for "beatify":
aggrandize, apotheose, apotheosize, bless, canonize, cheer, cleanse, consecrate, crown, dedicate, deify, devote, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, exalt, gladden, glamorize, glorify, hallow, happify, immortalize, lionize, magnify, make happy, make legendary, purify, raise, saint, sanctify, set apart, set up, throne, uplift
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