beatify
pronunciation
How to pronounce beatify in British English:
UK [biˈætɪfaɪ]
How to pronounce beatify in American English:
US [biˈætəˌfaɪ]
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- Verb:
- fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage)
- make blessedly happy
- declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood
Word Origin
- beatify (v.)
- 1530s, "to make very happy," from Middle French béatifer, from Late Latin beatificare "make happy, make blessed," from Latin beatus "supremely happy, blessed" (past participle of beare "make happy, bless") + -ficare, from stem of facere "to make, do" (see factitious). The Roman Catholic Church sense of "to pronounce as being in heavenly bliss" (1620s) is the first step toward canonization. Related: Beatified; beatifying.
Example
- 1. I hope you been beatify everyday .
- 2. Half a century ago , for a pope to beatify newman on british soil would have been an " intensely provocative act " , suggests john wolffe of the open university .