(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.