Beatify

bē-at′i-fī, v.t. to make ble ed or happy: to declare to be in the enjoyment of eternal happine in heaven.— adjs. Beatif′ic , -al , making supremely happy.— adv. Beatif′ically .— n. Beatificā′tion , act of beatifying: ( R.C. Church ) a declaration by the Pope that a person is ble ed in heaven, authorising a certain definite form of public reverence payable to him—the first step to canonisation.— Beatific vision , a glimpse of the glory of heaven, esp. that which first bursts upon the disembodied soul. [L. beatus , ble ed, and facĕre , to make.]