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Bless (&unr_;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blessed (&unr_;) or Blest; p. pr. & vb. n. Blessing.] [OE. blessien, bletsen, AS. bletsian, bledsian, bloedsian, fr. bl&unr_;d blood; prob. originally to consecrate by sprinkling with blood. See Blood.] 1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
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And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it. Gen. ii. 3.
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2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
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The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Shak.
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It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue forever before thee. 1 Chron. xvii. 27 (R. V. )
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3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
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Bless them which persecute you. Rom. xii. 14.
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4. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
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Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them. Luke ix. 16.
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5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self). [Archaic] Holinshed.
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6. To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.]
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7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
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Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Ps. ciii. 1.
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8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
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The nations shall bless themselves in him. Jer. iv. 3.
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9. To wave; to brandish. [Obs.]
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And burning blades about their heads do bless. Spenser.
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Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest. Fairfax.
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&hand_; This is an old sense of the word, supposed by Johnson, Nares, and others, to have been derived from the old rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all parts of it. “In drawing [their bow] some fetch such a compass as though they would turn about and bless all the field.” Ascham.
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Bless me! Bless us! an exclamation of surprise. Milton. -- To bless from, to secure, defend, or preserve from. “Bless me from marrying a usurer.” Shak.
[1913 Webster]To bless the doors from nightly harm. Milton.
[1913 Webster]-- To bless with, To be blessed with, to favor or endow with; to be favored or endowed with; as, God blesses us with health; we are blessed with happiness.
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