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beatify

/biˈætɪfaɪ/

beatify verb: to make blissful.

Verb

beatify (third-person singular simple present beatifies, present participle beatifying, simple past and past participle beatified)

  1. (transitive) To make blissful.
  2. (transitive) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
    • [T]hat assertion of the wise man: 'Labor not for riches; wilt thou set thy heart on that which is not?' it, well applied, will pluck down the high places reared to this great idol of clay in men's hearts: will confute the common conceits and phrases which so beatify wealth; […]a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “Sermon XLVI. The Consideration of our Latter End.”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume III, London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1831...
  3. (transitive) To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed.

beatify meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

beatify in Tamil

இன்பநிலையிலிருக்கச்செய்

beatify in Urdu

خوش کرنا

beatify in Bengali

গির্জায় শহীদ ঘোষণা করা

beatify in Malayalam

sanctify, canonize, bless
പുണ്യാളനായി പ്രഖ്യാപിക്കുക, പുണ്യാളത്തിയാക്കുക, വിശുദ്ധയായി പ്രഖ്യാപിക്കുക, വിശുദ്ധനായി പ്രഖ്യാപിക്കുക, ഔപചാരികമായി വിശുദ്ധപദവിയിലേക്കുയർത്തുക, അനുഗ്രഹിക്കുക

Synonyms of beatify

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Forms of beatify

third-person singular presentbeatifies
present participlebeatifying
past participlebeatified
pastbeatified

Origin of beatify

From French béatifier, from Medieval Latin beātifico (“I bless”).

Questions about beatify

What does beatify mean?
Beatify means to make blissful.
What is beatify in Tamil?
Beatify in Tamil is இன்பநிலையிலிருக்கச்செய். See Beatify meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is beatify?
Beatify is a verb.
How do you pronounce beatify?
Beatify is pronounced /biˈætɪfaɪ/.
What is the past tense of beatify?
The past tense of beatify is beatified.

Words near beatify in the dictionary

  1. beatificates
  2. beatification
  3. beatifications
  4. beatified
  5. beatifies
  6. beatify
  7. beatifying
  8. beatin'
  9. beatin'est
  10. Beatine
  11. Beatine map

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: beatify (page history and authors); beatify (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); beatify (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); beatify (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); beatify (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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