beatify

Verb

Meaning

To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.

To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

thrill exalt inebriate exhilarate tickle pink saint revere consecrate hallow raise worship devote dedicate cheer elevate
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Antonyms

lower blight grouse beef curse questionable
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Hypernyms

hold declare pick up uplift elate adjudge

Related terms

blessed beatification

Derivatives

beatified beatifying

Examples

On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican Source: Internet

The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies Source: Internet

He was inebriated by his phenomenal success Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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