beatify

Definitions

1. 1.To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. "Beatified spirits." Dryden.
2. 2.(R. C. Ch.) 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 Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. "Beatified spirits." Dryden called?
• What is 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 called?