BEATIFY (beatified)
Dictionary entry overview: What does beatify mean?
• BEATIFY (verb)
The verb BEATIFY has 3 senses:
1. fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink
2. make blessedly happy
3. declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood
Familiarity information: BEATIFY used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• BEATIFY (verb)
Meaning:
Fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
beatify; exhilarate; inebriate; exalt; thrill
Context examples:
The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies / He was inebriated by his phenomenal success
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
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
Meaning:
Declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican
Hypernyms (to "beatify" is one way to...):
adjudge; declare; hold (declare to be)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
