bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness, or the like:
beatific peace.
2.
blissful; saintly:
a beatific smile.
Origin
1630-40; (< F) < Late Latinbeātificus making happy, equivalent to beāt(us) (past participle of beāre; be- bless + -āt(us) -ate1) + -i--i- + -ficus-fic
Related forms
beatifically, adverb
nonbeatific, adjective
nonbeatifically, adverb
Synonyms
2. serene, exalted, angelic, rapturous.
Examples from the web for beatific
As soon as rude voice starts, conspicuously insert plugs, then stare at phone user with beatific smile.
He is meditating, but he does not look especially beatific.
From a screen beside the altar, her projected image cast a beatific gaze.
But when the chorus produced its beatific song of joy, little else mattered.
She inhaled deeply and a beatific smile brightened her face.
Then an almost beatific expression came over his face.
Unfortunately, history does not support this beatific vision of technology.
Over her face a serene, beatific smile had expanded, and lingered there in untroubled repose.
She dan- ced every dance beatific fulfilment of every girlish wish in respect to a ball.
British Dictionary definitions for beatific
beatific
/ˌbiːəˈtɪfɪk/
adjective
1.
displaying great happiness, calmness, etc: a beatific smile
2.
of, conferring, or relating to a state of celestial happiness
Derived Forms
beatifically, adverb
Word Origin
C17: from Late Latin beātificus, from Latin beātus, from beāre to bless + facere to make
Word Origin and History for beatific
adj.
1630s, from French béatifique or directly from Late Latin beatificus, from Latin beatus "blessed" (see beatify). Related: Beatifical (c. 1600); beatifically.