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Adjective: beatified  bee'a-ti,fId
  1. (Roman Catholicism) proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
    "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican";
    - blessed
Verb: beatify  bee'a-ti,fI
  1. Declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood
    "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican"
     
  2. Make blessedly happy
    "The news of her recovery beatified her family"
     
  3. Fill with great joy or delight
    "The news of her acceptance beatified her parents";
    - exhilarate, tickle pink [informal], inebriate [rare], thrill, exalt

See also: holy

Type of: adjudge, declare, elate, hold, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift

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