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.
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