(1):
(v. t.) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
(2):
(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.
(3):
(v. t.) To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment.