beatify

Verb

• declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood
  • On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican
    

• make blessedly happy

• fill with sublime emotion
  • The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies
    
  • He was inebriated by his phenomenal success
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  exhilarate , tickle pink , inebriate , thrill , exalt