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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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