v. ? Obs. rare. [f. L. beātificāt- ppl. stem of beātificāre to make happy or blessed.] = BEATIFY; cf. also BEATIFICATION 2.
a. 1636. E. Dacres, Machiavels Disc. Livy, II. 267. The ancient Religion did not beatificate, but onely men fraught with worldly glory.
1655. Fuller, Ch. Hist., X. ii. § 55 V. 363. It seemed good to his Holinesse not to canonize Garnet but only to beatificate him.