v. ? Obs. rare. [f. L. beātificāt- ppl. stem of beātificāre to make happy or blessed.] = BEATIFY; cf. also BEATIFICATION 2.

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a. 1636.  E. Dacres, Machiavel’s Disc. Livy, II. 267. The ancient Religion did not beatificate, but onely men fraught with worldly glory.

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1655.  Fuller, Ch. Hist., X. ii. § 55 V. 363. It seemed good … to his Holinesse not to canonize Garnet … but only to beatificate him.

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