Helen Fenton

Beatify: Definition and part of speech

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Beatify

  1. v. t. 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.
  2. v. t. To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
  3. v. t. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Beatitude: Definition and part of speech

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Beatitude

  1. n. Beatification.
  2. n. Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss.
  3. n. Any one of the nine declarations (called the Beatitudes), made in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. v. 3-12), with regard to the blessedness of those who are distinguished by certain specified virtues.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Beau: Definition and part of speech

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Beau

  1. n. A man who escorts, or pays attentions to, a lady; an escort; a lover.
  2. n. A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion; a dandy.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.