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beatification
noun
the act of making blissfully happy
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Why Dictionary.com chose beatification
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- First recorded in 1495–1505.
- From the Late Latin beatificare, to “make happy,” and borrowed directly from the French béatification, “the act of making blessed or holy.”
EXAMPLES OF BEATIFICATION
- Volunteering at the shelter provided the woman an inner beatification that no material possession could replace.
- After winning the championship, the players were overwhelmed with a sense of beatification.
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- First recorded in the Middle English period, combining dogged1 + -ly.
- Earlier meaning “cruelly, maliciously,” and later meaning “with a dog’s persistence.”
EXAMPLES OF DOGGEDLY
- The student doggedly pursued her goal, despite numerous setbacks.
- The athlete doggedly trained every day, even in harsh weather conditions.
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- First recorded in 1615–25, combining tardy + -grade2.
- From the Latin tardigradus, meaning “walking slowly.”
EXAMPLES OF TARDIGRADE
- The manager’s tardigrade approach to decision-making often left others impatient.
- The tardigrade recovery of the patient concerned the doctors, as they expected quicker progress.
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