beatify

English Thesaurus

1. declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood (verb.communication)

hypernym	:	adjudge, declare, hold,
definition	:	declare to be (verb.communication)

2. make blessedly happy (verb.emotion)

hypernym	:	elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift, elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift,
definition	:	fill with high spirits; fill with optimism (verb.emotion)

3. declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood (verb.communication)

derivation	:	beatification,
definition	:	(Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization (noun.act)

4. make blessedly happy (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	beatification,
definition	:	the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy (noun.act)

derivation	:	beatification, beatitude, blessedness,
definition	:	a state of supreme happiness (noun.state)

5. fill with sublime emotion (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	thrill,
definition	:	something that causes you to experience a sudden intense feeling or sensation (noun.act)

derivation	:	beatification,
definition	:	the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy (noun.act)

derivation	:	chill, frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle,
definition	:	an almost pleasurable sensation of fright (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	excitement, exhilaration,
definition	:	the feeling of lively and cheerful joy (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	bang, boot, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill,
definition	:	the swift release of a store of affective force (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	ecstasy, exaltation, rapture, raptus, transport,
definition	:	a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion (noun.state)

derivation	:	beatification, beatitude, blessedness,
definition	:	a state of supreme happiness (noun.state)

6. declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood (verb.communication)

derivation	:	beatification,
definition	:	(Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization (noun.act)

7. make blessedly happy (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	beatification,
definition	:	the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy (noun.act)

derivation	:	beatification, beatitude, blessedness,
definition	:	a state of supreme happiness (noun.state)

8. fill with sublime emotion (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	thrill,
definition	:	something that causes you to experience a sudden intense feeling or sensation (noun.act)

derivation	:	beatification,
definition	:	the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy (noun.act)

derivation	:	chill, frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle,
definition	:	an almost pleasurable sensation of fright (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	excitement, exhilaration,
definition	:	the feeling of lively and cheerful joy (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	bang, boot, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill,
definition	:	the swift release of a store of affective force (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	ecstasy, exaltation, rapture, raptus, transport,
definition	:	a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion (noun.state)

derivation	:	beatification, beatitude, blessedness,
definition	:	a state of supreme happiness (noun.state)