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beatify

be·at·i·fy [ bee átti f ] (past and past participle be·at·i·fied, present participle be·at·i·fy·ing, 3rd person present singular be·at·i·fies)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. declare somebody to be holy: in the Roman Catholic Church, to state officially that a dead person lived a holy life, usually as the first step toward making the person a saint

2. make somebody happy: to make somebody extremely happy ( literary )

[Mid-16th century. Directly or via French béatifer< ecclesiastical Latin beatificare< Latin beatificus (see beatific)]

be·at·i·fi·ca·tion [ bee àttəfi káysh'n ] noun
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