be·at·i·fy [ bee átti f ](past and past participlebe·at·i·fied, present participlebe·at·i·fy·ing, 3rd person present singularbe·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
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[Mid-16th century. Directly or via French béatifer< ecclesiastical Latin beatificare< Latin beatificus (see beatific)]
