beatify

UK /biˈætɪfaɪ/ US /biˈætɪfaɪ/
verb 3

Definitions

verb

1

To make blissful.

2

To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.

[T]hat assertion of the wise man: 'Labor not for riches; wilt thou set thy heart on that which is not?' it, well applied, will pluck down the high places reared to this great idol of clay in men's hearts: will confute the common conceits and phrases which so beatify wealth; […]

3

To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed.

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