- 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 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. - 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.