Bless

Quick meaning: Bless is a verb meaning To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.

Meaning

To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.

More Meanings

1. To invoke divine favor upon.
2. To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
3. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
4. (Christianity) To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
5. (Perl programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.
6. (obsolete) To wave; to brandish.
7. (archaic, with from) To secure, defend, or prevent from.

Example Sentences

Bless me from marrying a usurer.

And burning blades about their heads do blesse.

Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest.

the archbishop vsing certeine praiers, blessed the king

Word Forms

• blesses
• blessing
• blest
• blessed

Synonyms for bless

Depending on context, synonyms include hallow, sign, sanctify, consecrate.

Antonyms for bless

Common opposites include curse, condemn, unbless, maledict, damn, beshrew.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sanctify, consecrate, hallow, sign, dedicate, anele.

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