beatify

English

Etymology

From French béatifier, from Medieval Latin beātifico (“I bless”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈætɪfaɪ/

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Verb

beatify (third-person singular simple present beatifies, present participle beatifying, simple past and past participle beatified)

1. (transitive) To make blissful.

   Synonyms: blissen, elate; see also Thesaurus:gladden

2. (transitive) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
   • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “Sermon XLVI. The Consideration of our Latter End.”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume III, London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1831, →OCLC, page 200:

     [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. (transitive, Roman Catholicism) To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed.

Related terms

• beatification
• Blessed

Translations

to make blissful

• Catalan: beatificar (ca)
• Danish: saliggøre
• Finnish: tehdä autuaaksi, autuuttaa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: saliggjøre

  Nynorsk: saliggjere

to take step in declaring a person a saint

• Catalan: beatificar (ca)
• Danish: saligkåre
• Finnish: julistaa autuaaksi, autuuttaa
• French: béatifier (fr)
• Galician: beatificar (gl)
• German: seligsprechen
• Hungarian: boldoggá avat
• Irish: beannaigh
• Italian: beatificare (it)
• Korean: 시복하다 (sibokhada)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: saligkåre (no)

  Nynorsk: saligkåre

• Polish: beatyfikować (pl)
• Portuguese: beatificar (pt)
• Spanish: beatificar (es)
• Swedish: saligförklara, beatificera (sv)
• Tagalog: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: gwynfydoli, gwynfydedigo