happify

happify
happify (v.) 1610s, from HAPPY (Cf. happy) + -IFY (Cf. -ify). Related: Happified.

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  • happify — verb To make happy. Now, Ladies, all we would do is to do all in our power, both individually and collectively, to harmonize and happify our Social system …   Wiktionary

  • happify — ˈhapə̇ˌfī, pēˌf transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ es) Etymology: happy + fy : to make happy happify existence by constant intercourse with those adapted to elevate it Mary B. Eddy …   Useful english dictionary

  • happify — hap·pi·fy …   English syllables

  • beatify — Synonyms and related words: aggrandize, apotheose, apotheosize, bless, canonize, cheer, cleanse, consecrate, crown, dedicate, deify, devote, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, exalt, gladden, glamorize, glorify, hallow, happify, immortalize,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • bless — Synonyms and related words: OK, accept, acknowledge, admire, adore, adulate, apotheosize, approve, approve of, arm, armor, beatify, belaud, bepraise, bless the Lord, bless with, blow up, boast of, brag about, canonize, celebrate, champion, cheer …   Moby Thesaurus

  • delight — Synonyms and related words: a thing for, adore, affinity, allure, amuse, appreciate, aptitude, aptness, attract, be in heaven, be pleased, beam, beatification, beatitude, becharm, beguile, bent, bewitch, bewitchment, bias, blessedness, bliss,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • gladden — Synonyms and related words: animate, beatify, bless, boost, brighten, buoy up, cheer, comfort, console, delectate, delight, elate, encourage, enliven, exhilarate, give a lift, gratify, happify, hearten, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, liven, make… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • gratify — Synonyms and related words: achieve inner harmony, allay, appease, assuage, baby, board, bread, cater to, cheer, coddle, compensate, content, cosset, delectate, delight, dine, do proud, elate, favor, feast, feed, flush, fodder, forage, give way… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • please — Synonyms and related words: I beg you, amuse, be good enough, cater to, cheer, choose, choose rather, coddle, content, cosset, delectate, delight, desire, divert, do, elect, entertain, favor, give pleasure, give way to, gladden, go over big,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • pleasure — Synonyms and related words: affability, agreeability, agreeableness, alternate choice, alternative, amenity, amiability, amicability, amusement, animus, appetence, appetency, appetite, ardor, behest, bidding, bliss, blissfulness, choice, comfort …   Moby Thesaurus

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