beatify

== English == === Etymology === From French béatifier, from Medieval Latin beātifico (“I bless”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /biˈætɪfaɪ/ === Verb === beatify (third-person singular simple present beatifies, present participle beatifying, simple past and past participle beatified) (transitive) To make blissful. Synonyms: blissen, elate; see also Thesaurus:gladden (transitive) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness. (transitive, Roman Catholicism) To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed. ==== Related terms ==== beatification Blessed ==== Translations ====