to beatify
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7.6
To make someone very happy
- verb
- /biˈætɪfaɪ/
:
hacer feliz
- You need to stop beatifying presidents: Bush I for his bravery in challenging the lobby, Carter for halting arms sales.
Examples
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It was a poison that could beatify the most degraded heart.
Fiction book (1995) -
The surprise party really beatified her after a long week at work.
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Helping the children at the shelter beatified him, filling him with joy.
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Receiving the good news about her promotion beatified her, making her smile all day.
Synonyms
to bring joy
vsto beatify
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2.3
To make someone feel happy
refers to a much stronger, deeply blissful emotional state
1
7.8
To make someone feel very happy and amazed
creates intense bliss without necessarily holding attention spellbound
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6.0
To make someone feel very excited, often suddenly
focuses on enduring blissful happiness rather than brief excitement
to overjoy
vsto beatify
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4.1
Make someone very happy
aims at an even more intense, purely blissful experience
to bliss
vsto beatify
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6.4
To make someone feel great happiness and peace
is stronger and produces an extreme blissful state
Antonyms
How Happy
Surface Forms
beatify infinitive
beatified past
beatified past participle
beatifying present participle
beatifies third person singular
Etymology
Beatify comes from the Latin beatus 'blessed' and the ending -fy 'to make', so a helpful way to remember it is as 'make blessed'. That's why to beatify someone can also mean to make them extremely happy or full of joy.