beatify

t. [In Fr. béatifier; Sp. & Port. be at if i car; Ital. beatific are; Lat. be at i fico, from beatus ble ed, and facio = to make.] 1. Gen.: To render supremely ble ed or happy. "We shall know him to be the fullest good, the nearest to us, and the most certain; and consequently the most beatifying of all others."-Browne. 2. Spec. (in the Church of Rome): To declare, on the Pope's authority, that a certain deceased person is supremely happy in the unseen world. (BEATIFICATION, 2.] "Over against this church stands an hospital, erected by a shoemaker, who has been beatified , though never sainted."- Add is on .