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Beatify
Pronunciation : Be*at"i*fy
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. beatificare; beatus happy (fr. beare to bless, akin to bonus good) + facere to make: cf. F. b?atifier. See Bounty.]
Definition : 1. To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness. The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth. Barrow.
2. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. "Beatified spirits." Dryden.
3. (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Beatified (p. pr. & vb. n. Beatifying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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