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BEATIFY

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Irregular inflected form: beatified   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood

Example:

On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "beatify" is one way to...):

adjudge; declare; hold (declare to be)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

beatification ((Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make blessedly happy

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "beatify" is one way to...):

elate; intoxicate; lift up; pick up; uplift (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

beatification (the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy)

beatification (a state of supreme happiness)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Fill with sublime emotion

Example:

He was inebriated by his phenomenal success

Synonyms:

beatify; exalt; exhilarate; inebriate; thrill; tickle pink

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "beatify" is one way to...):

elate; intoxicate; lift up; pick up; uplift (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

beatification (the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy)

beatification (a state of supreme happiness)

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