beatified

Variant of beatify

beatify definition

be·ati·fy (bē at′ə fī′)

transitive verb beatified -·fied′, beatifying -·fy′·ing

  1. to make blissfully happy
  2. R.C.Ch. to declare (a deceased person), by public statement, to be in heaven and entitled to some public veneration

Etymology: MFr < ML(Ec) beatificare < LL(Ec) < beatus < L (see bonus) + facere, to make, do

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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