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  1. 1. v. t. To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of "the blessed" and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. fill with sublime emotion Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. make blessedly happy Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 1. To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness. The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth. Barrow. 2. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. "Beatified spirits." Dryden. 3. (R. C. Ch.) To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of "the blessed" and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized. Source: webster
  8. 8. To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, thata deceased person is one of "the blessed" and is to be reverenced assuch, though not canonized. Source: adambom
  9. 9. v:100 v. make blessedly happy v. declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood Source: ecdict

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