English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Beat (v. i.)

A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat.

Beat (a.)

Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted.

Beaten (a.)

Become common or trite; as, a beaten phrase.

Beaten (a.)

Tried; practiced.

Beaten (a.)

Exhausted; tired out.

Beaten (a.)

Vanquished; conquered; baffled.

Beaten (a.)

Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use.

Beaten

of Beat

Beater (n.)

One who, or that which, beats.

Beater (n.)

A person who beats up game for the hunters.

Beath (v. t.)

To bathe; also, to dry or heat, as unseasoned wood.

Beatific (a.)

Alt. of Beatifical

Beatifical (a.)

Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment; blissful.

Beatificate (v. t.)

To beatify.

Beatification (n.)

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.

Beatified (imp. & p. p.)

of Beatify

Beatify (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.

Beatify (v. t.)

To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment.

Beatify (v. t.)

To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.

Beatifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Beatify