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121Innocent XI — (1611–89) Pope. Innocent was born Benedetto Odescalchi at Como, Italy, and was educated at the University of Naples. A man of the highest principles and great saintliness, he was made a Cardinal in 1645 and became Bishop of Novara in 1650.… …
122bless — v. a. 1. Ask or implore a blessing upon, call down blessings on. 2. Delight, gladden, make happy, beatify. 3. Wish happiness to, thank. 4. Glorify, exalt, celebrate, magnify, praise, extol, give thanks to, adore, gratefully adore …
123enchant — v. a. 1. Practise sorcery upon, cast a spell on, throw under a spell, bind by incantations, fascinate, bewitch, charm, practise charms upon. 2. Charm, captivate, fascinate, bewitch, enamour, win, catch, lead captive. 3. Charm, delight, enrapture …
124enrapture — v. a. Enchant, entrance, enravish, transport, beatify, delight surpassingly …
125felicitate — v. a. 1. Congratulate, wish joy to, rejoice with. 2. (Rarer.) Delight, bless, beatify, happify (rare), fill with happiness …
126transport — I. v. a. 1. Carry (from one place to another), convey, bear, fetch, remove, transfer. 2. Banish (to a penal colony), carry into banishment. 3. Enrapture, ravish, enravish, entrance, beatify, put into ecstasy, make very happy, delight. 4. Carry… …
127bless — v 1. consecrate, sanctify, hallow, dedicate; glorify, extol, praise, exalt, honor; canonize, Rom. Cath. Ch. beatify, make holy, baptize, anoint; make the sign of the cross, Archaic. sain, give benediction; absolve, pardon, acquit. 2. sanction,… …
128canonize — v 1.Eccles. declare a saint, enroll in the canon, accept as blessed, sanctify, beatify, affirm the salvation of, acknowledge as worthy of veneration, name capable of divine intercession. 2. glorify, magnify, elevate, exalt, extol, laud, honor;… …
