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beatifying

beatifying is the present participle and gerund of beatify.

Meaning of beatify

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.

Questions about beatifying

What is beatifying the present participle and gerund of?
Beatifying is the present participle and gerund of beatify.

Words near beatifying in the dictionary

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

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