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Bless - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Bless' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bless [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'Bless' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . bless [ v]
Meaning (1):
- give a benediction to
Example in sentence:
  • The dying man blessed his son

Nearby Words:

blea bleaberry bleach bleached bleacher bleacheries bleachery bleaching bleak bleaky

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