beatify

UK: /biˈætɪfaɪ/ US: /biˈætəˌfaɪ/ ,(bē at′ə fī′)

Inflections of 'beatify' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

beatifies

v 3rd person singular

beatifying

v pres p

beatified

v past

beatified

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

be•at•i•fy /biˈætəˌfaɪ/   v. [~ + object] , -fied, -fy•ing. 

1. Religion (in the Roman Catholic Church) to declare (a dead person) to be among the blessed and entitled to specific religious honor:
   The Church beatified Joan of Orleans.

be•at•i•fi•ca•tion /biˌætəfɪˈkeɪʃən/  n. 

[countable] A beatification takes some time.

[uncountable] a candidate for beatification.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

be•at•i•fy  (bē at′ə fī′), v.t., -fied, -fy•ing. 

1. to make blissfully happy.
2. [Rom. Cath. Ch.] to declare (a deceased person) to be among the blessed and thus entitled to specific religious honor.

• Late Latin beātificāre. See beatific
• Middle French beatifier
• 1525–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

beatify / bɪˈætɪˌfaɪ/ verb ( -fies, -fying, -fied)

1. (transitive) (of the pope) to declare formally that (a deceased person) showed a heroic degree of holiness in his or her life and therefore is worthy of public veneration: the first step towards canonization
2. (transitive) to make extremely happy

Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French beatifier, from Late Latin beātificāre to make blessed; see beatific

beatification / bɪˌætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun