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beatific

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be·a·tif·ic  (b-tfk)
adj.
Showing or producing exalted joy or blessedness: a beatific smile.

[Latin betificus : betus, happy (from past participle of bere, to bless; see deu-2 in Indo-European roots) + -ficus, -fic.]

bea·tifi·cal·ly adv.

beatific [ˌbiːəˈtɪfɪk]
adj
1. displaying great happiness, calmness, etc a beatific smile
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) of, conferring, or relating to a state of celestial happiness
[from Late Latin beātificus, from Latin beātus, from beāre to bless + facere to make]
beatifically  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.beatific - experiencing or bestowing celestial joy; "beatific peace"
joyful - full of or producing joy; "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful occasion"
2.beatific - marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; "angelic beneficence"; "a beatific smile"; "a saintly concern for his fellow men"; "my sainted mother"
good - morally admirable

beatific
adjective (Literary) blissful, happy, heavenly, glorious, enchanted, ecstatic, sublime, serene, joyous, exalted, joyful, elated, euphoric, rapturous, rapt, enraptured, blissed out He smiled an almost beatific smile.
Translations
beatific [ˌbiːəˈtɪfɪk] ADJbeatífico
a beatific smileuna sonrisa beatífica
beatific [ˌbiːəˈtɪfɪk] adj (literary) (= blissful) [smile] → béat(e)
beatific
adjglückselig; visionhimmlisch
beatific [ˌbiːəˈtɪfɪk] adj (liter) (smile, expression) → beato/a
beatific [ˌbiːəˈtɪfɪk] adj (liter) (smile, expression) → beato/a


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He seemed, at times, so lost in the beatific vision, that he forgot my stumblings in the philological darkness, till I appealed to him for help.
Mademoiselle Bourienne stood near them pressing her hand to her heart, with a beatific smile and obviously equally ready to cry or to laugh.
It seemed to him now that there was nothing in life to be compared with that beatific state, and that bachelors were mere wild asses of the desert.
 
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