Chapter Battle array to Becalm of B by Soule's Synonymes

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).