bless
Part of speech: verb
intj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
Etymology: From Middle English blessen, from Old English bletsian (“to consecrate (with blood)”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdisōn (“to sprinkle, mark or hallow with blood”), from Proto-Germanic *blōþą (“blood”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom”). Cognate with Old Norse bleza (“to bless”) (whence Icelandic blessa), Old English blēdan (“to bleed”). More at bleed.
Inflected forms:
form: blesses
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: blessing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: blest
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: blest
pos: verb
tags: past
form: blessed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: blessed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
pos: verb
gloss: To invoke divine favor upon.
pos: verb
examples: In some countries, priests bless farm animals on St. Anthony's Day.
In many families, a grace is said before dinner to give thanks for and bless the food.
gloss: To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
pos: verb
examples: A Pſalme of Dauid. Bleſſe the Lord, O my ſoule: and all that is within me, bleſſe his holy Name.
gloss: To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
pos: verb
examples: And thou ſhalt ſweare, The Lord liueth, in Trueth, in Iudgement, and in Righteouſnes, and the nations ſhall bleſſe themſelues in him, and in him ſhall they glorie.
gloss: To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
pos: verb
examples: the archbishop vsing certeine praiers, blessed the king
gloss: To wave; to brandish.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: And burning blades about their heads do blesse.
Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest.
gloss: To turn (a reference) into an object.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To secure, defend, or prevent from.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
examples: Bless me from marrying a usurer.
To bleſs the dores from nightly harm
gloss: To give or send.
pos: verb
tags: slang
examples: Could you bless me the link for the original post?
I'm actually marved right now, can you bless me some cash?
Ahlie fam ¶ Do u have grabba? ¶ Bless me a change for the ttc
How in the hell did you find that out LOL😂. Are you a working man there? If so, bless me a discount bro. If not yeah Pickering is the way to go. Went to Whitby and Toronto wasn't that good
Lmao can you bless me a Foam runner w retail price man🙃. I wear size 9 lol. Huge fan of your channel.
Someone bless me a code
gloss: To approve of or assent to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: After those modifications, the Board blessed the reorganization plan.
gloss: To perform the mano gesture; taking of an elder's hand to press it to one's forehead or kiss it (as a sign of respect)
pos: verb
tags: Philippines
examples: You should bless your relatives, because they arrived here already.
gloss: Used as an expression of endearment, gratitude, or (ironically) belittlement.
pos: intj
tags: Canada
UK
informal
examples: Ah bless! You must be the welcoming committee for anyone who dares express ignorance.
oh bless. *hug* that is not true. nobody here bears a grudge against 13 year old dear or against you.
Aw bless... have white chocolate fudge muffin....a new batch.... made them last night after Nigella....
Antonyms: curse
condemn
unbless
Related words: blessed
blessing
bleed
blood
Derived words: bebless
blessability
blessable
blessee
blesser
bless me
bless my cotton socks
bless my soul
bless oneself
bless out
bless someone's cotton socks
bless someone's heart
bless someone with
bless up
bless us
blessworthy
bless you
cobless
God bless America
God bless the Duke of Argyle
God bless the Duke of Argyll
God bless the mark
God bless you
Goddess bless
Goddess bless you
gods bless you
outbless
prebless
rebless
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