- 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.
Meaning of 'Beatify' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . beatify
[ v]
Meaning (1): - fill with sublime emotion
Example in sentence:
He was inebriated by his phenomenal success;
The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies
Meaning (2): - declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood
Example in sentence:
On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican