transitive verb beatified -·fied′, beatifying -·fy′·ing

1. to make blissfully happy
2. R.C.Ch. to declare (a deceased person), by public statement, to be in heaven and entitled to some public veneration

Etymology: MFr < ML(Ec) beatificare < LL(Ec) < beatus < L (see bonus) + facere, to make, do