'Beatifying' definitions:

Definition of 'Beatifying'

From: GCIDE
  • Beatify \Be*at"i*fy\ (b[-e]*[a^]t"[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beatified (b[-e]*[a^]t"[i^]*f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Beatifying.] [L. beatificare; beatus happy (fr. beare to bless, akin to bonus good) + facere to make: cf. F. b['e]atifier. See Bounty.]
  • 1. To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness. [1913 Webster]
  • The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. "Beatified spirits." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (R. C. Ch.) To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized. [1913 Webster]

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