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beatific

[ bee-uh-tif-ik ]

adjective

  1. bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness, or the like:

    beatific peace.

  2. blissful; saintly:

    a beatific smile.

    Synonyms: , , ,



beatific

/ ˌːəˈɪɪ /

adjective

  1. displaying great happiness, calmness, etc

    a beatific smile

  2. of, conferring, or relating to a state of celestial happiness
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈپھ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • a·پi·· adverb
  • ԴDzb··پi adjective
  • ԴDzb··پi·· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of beatific1

First recorded in 1630–40; from French, from Late Latin پھܲ “making happy,” equivalent to (ܲ) (past participle of “to bless”) + -i- + -ficus; -ate 1, -i-, -fic
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Word History and Origins

Origin of beatific1

C17: from Late Latin پھܲ , from Latin ٳܲ , from to bless + facere to make
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Example Sentences

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But the beatific, charismatic painter, who developed a rock-star following, was not all that he seemed.

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When the crowd started chanting "lock him up" when Clinton mentioned Trump's felony convictions and she smiled beatifically the crowd roared —- she had earned that.

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As Chapman sang and played guitar, she looked satisfied, serene, almost beatific.

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The movie’s most mercurial and multitasking figure, Carmen is also a woman of God, clad in beatific nuns’ robes and coiffed like Dreyer’s Joan of Arc, who means to exorcise the demon in their midst.

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No longer are pictures limited to beatific kindergartners with unicorn backpacks.

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