| Beatify 1. (v. t.) To make or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness. 2. (v. t.) To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. 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. Thesaurus Entries aggrandize, apotheose, apotheosize, bless, canonize, cheer, cleanse, consecrate, crown, dedicate, deify, devote, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, exalt, gladden, glamorize, glorify, hallow, happify, immortalize, lionize, magnify, make happy, make legendary, purify, raise, saint, sanctify, set apart, set up, throne, uplift |