beatifybeatify / bi:5Atifai /◙ (-ies, -ied) 1. [with obj.] (in the Roman Catholic Church) announce the beatification of • （天主教）为…行宣福礼 make (someone) blissfully happy • 使臻幸福，赐福于
【语源】
1. mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'make blessed or supremely happy'): from Old French beatifier or ecclesiastical Latin beatificare, from Latin beatus 'blessed'