BLESS
\blˈɛs], \blˈɛs], \b_l_ˈɛ_s]\
Definitions of BLESS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
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confer prosperity or happiness on
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give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son"
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render holy by means of religious rites
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make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
By Princeton University
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confer prosperity or happiness on
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give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son"
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render holy by means of religious rites
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make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Blessed.
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To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
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To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
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To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
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To guard; to keep; to protect.
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To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
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To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
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To wave; to brandish.
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To consecrate.
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To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; - applied to persons.
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To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, - as on food.
By Oddity Software
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Blessed.
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To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
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To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
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To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
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To guard; to keep; to protect.
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To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
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To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
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To wave; to brandish.
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To consecrate.
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To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; - applied to persons.
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To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, - as on food.
By Noah Webster.
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Blessed.
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To set apart for a holy purpose; to call down a blessing upon; to give happiness to; as, "O Lord, bless thy people"; to praise or extol.
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Blessed and blest.
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Blessing.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Blessed.
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To invoke a blessing upon; to wish happiness to; to make happy or prosperous; to consecrate or pronounce holy; to praise; to esteem or count happy.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To consecrate.
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To bring or wish happiness or good fortune to; prosper; felicitate.
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To invoke God's favor upon.
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To praise; glorify.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To invoke a blessing upon: to make joyons, happy, or prosperous: to wish happiness to: praise or glorify:-pa.p. blessed or blest.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To make happy; to prosper; to praise; to give thanks to; to glorify or praise for benefits received.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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bles, v.t. to invoke a blessing upon: to make joyous, happy, or prosperous: to consecrate by some religious rite, to cross one's self: to extol as holy, to pronounce happy, to invoke the divine favour upon: to wish happiness to: to praise or glorify:--pa.p. blessed (blest), or blest.--adj. BLESS'ED, happy: prosperous: happy in heaven, beatified.--adv. BLESS'EDLY.--ns. BLESS'EDNESS; BLESS'ING, a wish or prayer for happiness or success: any means or cause of happiness: (B.) a gift or present: a form of invoking the favour of God at a meal.--adv. BLESS'INGLY.--SINGLE BLESSEDNESS, the celibate life, the unmarried state generally. [A.S. blétsian, to bless, prob. from blót, sacrifice; the word taken as--benedic[)e]re.]
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bles, v.t. (Spens.) to brandish. [BLAZE (?).]
By Thomas Davidson
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(past& p.p. blessed, sometimes blest, & see under BLESSED). Consecrate (esp. food; not a penny to b. oneself with, w. ref. to cross on silver penny); call holy, adore, (God); attribute good fortune to (esp. one\'s stars); pronounce words that bring supernatural favour upon (of father, priest, &c.); invoke God\'s favour on; make happy or successful (abs. or with something); God b. me, b. me. God b. you, b. you, b. the boy, b. my soul, I\'m blest, exclamations of surprise or indignation; (euphem.) =damn, curse, &c. [old English]
By Sir Augustus Henry
