📖 Definitions of "Beatify"
verb
- 1
To make blissful.
- 2
To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
- 3
To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed.
🔄 Synonyms of "Beatify"
2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| saintnoun | (religion, generally) A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue. |
| canonizeverb | (chiefly Roman Catholicism) To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Beatify"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| canonizeverb | (chiefly Roman Catholicism) To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints. |
| saintverb | (transitive) Synonym of canonize: to honor, formally name, or revere as a saint. |
| beatificateverb | (obsolete) To beatify. |
| enblissverb | (transitive) To endue or fill with bliss; impart bliss to; make happy. |
| bonifyverb | (transitive) To convert into―or make―good; to improve. |
| heavennoun | (religion) The abode of God or the gods, traditionally conceived as beyond the sky; especially: |
| blessverb | To invoke divine favor upon. |
| gratifyverb | (transitive) To please. |
| heavenizeverb | (transitive) To render like heaven or fit for heaven. |
| begodnoun | (obsolete, transitive) To exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify. |
| betterfyverb | (transitive, US, slang, rare, nonstandard) to make better |
| angelicizeverb | (transitive) To make or treat as angelic. |
| cheerfulizeverb | (transitive, dated) To make cheerful. |
| begloryverb | (transitive) To glory in, about, or over; exalt; make glorious; impart with glory; glorify. |
| beautifyverb | (transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of. |
| lovelifyverb | (transitive, rare) To make lovely. |
| gladdennoun | A surname. |
| deifyverb | (transitive) To treat as worthy of worship; to regard as a deity. |
| tonifyverb | (more generally) To invigorate; to have a restorative effect on. |
| happifyverb | (transitive, intransitive) To make happy. |
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