Verb: beatify bee'a-ti,fI
- Declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood
"On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican"
- Make blessedly happy
"The news of her recovery beatified her family"
- Fill with great joy or delight
"The news of her acceptance beatified her parents";
- exhilarate, tickle pink [informal], inebriate [rare], thrill, exalt
Derived forms: beatified, beatifying, beatifies
Type of: adjudge, declare, elate, hold, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift
Encyclopedia: Beatify