Part 983

<h1>Beatific, Beatifical</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw><hw>Be`a*tif"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Be`a*tif"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>b\'82atifique</ets>, L. <ets>beatificus</ets>. See <er>Beatify</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment; blissful.</def> "The <i>beatific</i> vision." <i>South</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Be`a*tif"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Beatificate</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Be`a*tif"i*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To beatify.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Beatification</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Be*at`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>b\'82atification</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, -- usually a stage in the process of canonization.</def> "The <i>beatification</i> of his spirit."

<i> Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Beatify</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Be*at"i*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Beatified</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Beatifying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>beatificare</ets>; <ets>beatus</ets> happy (fr. <ets>beare</ets> to bless, akin to <ets>bonus</ets> good) + <ets>facere</ets> to make: cf. F. <ets>b\'82atifier</ets>. See <er>Bounty</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.</def>

<blockquote>The common conceits and phrases that <b>beatify</b> wealth. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment.</def> "<i>Beatified</i> spirits."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Beating</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Beat"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pulsation; throbbing; <as>as, the <ex>beating</ex> of the heart</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Acoustics & Mus.)</fld> <def>Pulsative sounds. See <er>Beat</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.</def>

<h1>Beatitude</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Be*at"i*tude</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>beatitudo</ets>: cf. F. <ets>b\'82atitude</ets>. See <er>Beatify</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any one of the nine declarations (called <i>the Beatitudes</i>), made in the Sermon on the Mount (<i>Matt. v. 3-12</i>), with regard to the blessedness of those who are distinguished by certain specified virtues.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>Beatification.</def>

<i>Milman.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Blessedness; felicity; happiness.</syn>

<h1>Beau</h1> <Xpage=129>

<hw>Beau</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. F. <plw>Beaux</plw> (E. pron. <i>b<?/z</i>), E. <plw>Beaus</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F., a fop, fr. <ets>beau</ets> fine, beautiful, fr. L. <ets>bellus</ets> pretty, fine, for <ets>bonulus</ets>, dim. of <ets>bonus</ets> good. See <er>Bounty</er>, and cf. <er>Belle</er>, <er>Beauty</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion; a dandy.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A man who escorts, or pays attentions to, a lady; an escort; a lover.</def>