(v) fill with sublime emotion, Syn. thrill, beatify, exalt, tickle pink, inebriate, Example:The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies; He was inebriated by his phenomenal success
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beatified p. pr. & vb. n. Beatifying. ] [ L. beatificare; beatus happy (fr. beare to bless, akin to bonus good) + facere to make: cf. F. béatifier. See Bounty. ] 1. To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness. [ 1913 Webster ]
The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. “Beatified spirits.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]