Beat, n.
- 1. Stroke, striking, blow.
- 2. Pulsation, throb, beating.
- 3. Round, course.
Beat back. Repulse, repel, drive back.
Beat down.
- 1. Batter, overturn, destroy, break, throw down.
- 2. Subdue, overpower, overcome, crush, put down.
- 3. Press down (by blows), lay flat.
Beaten, a.
- 1. Worn by use, much travelled.
- 2. Hackneyed, trite, threadbare, common, common-place.
- 3. Defeated, baffled dispirited.
Beat hollow. (Colloq.) Surpass completely, excel beyond all question, beat out-and-out.
Beatific, a. Ravishing, enchanting, enrapturing, rapturing, enravishing, enravished, raptured, enraptured, rapturous, ecstatic, transporting, enchanting, enchanted, transported, rapt.
Beatification, n.
- 1. Beatifying (especially the act of the Pope in declaring a person happy after death).
- 2. Bliss, blessedness. See beatitude.
Beatify, v. a.
- 1. Enrapture, rapture, enchant, transport, enravish, ravish, make happy.
- 2. Pronounce in bliss (by the Pope’s official act).