The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Beatify \Be*at"i*fy\ (b[-e]*[a^]t"[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. &
   p. p. Beatified (b[-e]*[a^]t"[i^]*f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb.
   n. Beatifying.] [L. beatificare; beatus happy (fr. beare to
   bless, akin to bonus good) + facere to make: cf. F.
   b['e]atifier. See Bounty.]
   1. To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or
      as conferring happiness.
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            The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth.
                                                  --Barrow.
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   2. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial
      enjoyment. "Beatified spirits." --Dryden.
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   3. (R. C. Ch.) To ascertain and declare, by a public process
      and decree, that a deceased person is one of "the
      blessed," and is to be reverenced as such, though not
      canonized.
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