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confer prosperity or happiness on

give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son"

render holy by means of religious rites

make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate

confer prosperity or happiness on

give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son"

render holy by means of religious rites

make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate

Blessed.

To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate

To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.

To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).

To guard; to keep; to protect.

To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.

To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.

To wave; to brandish.

To consecrate.

To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; - applied to persons.

To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, - as on food.

Blessed.

To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate

To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.

To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).

To guard; to keep; to protect.

To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.

To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.

To wave; to brandish.

To consecrate.

To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; - applied to persons.

To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, - as on food.

Blessed.

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.

Blessed and blest.

Blessing.

Blessed.

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.

To consecrate.

To bring or wish happiness or good fortune to; prosper; felicitate.

To invoke God's favor upon.

To praise; glorify.

To invoke a blessing upon: to make joyons, happy, or prosperous: to wish happiness to: praise or glorify:-pa.p. blessed or blest.

To make happy; invoke happiness for; praise.

To make happy; to prosper; to praise; to give thanks to; to glorify or praise for benefits received.

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.]

bles, v.t. (Spens.) to brandish. [BLAZE (?).]

(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]

[akin to bliss, blithe], from the action of the hand in making + , sometimes = to brandish.