What does bless mean?
Definitions for bless
blɛsbless
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word bless.
Princeton's WordNet
blessverb
give a benediction to
"The dying man blessed his son"
blessverb
confer prosperity or happiness on
bless, signverb
make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctifyverb
render holy by means of religious rites
Wiktionary
blessverb
To make something blessed, to confer blessing upon.
blessverb
To turn (a reference) into an object.
blessinterjection
Used as an expression of endearment, or (ironically) belittlement.
Webster Dictionary
Blessverb
to make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
Blessverb
to make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to
Blessverb
to express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons
Blessverb
to invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food
Blessverb
to make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self)
Blessverb
to guard; to keep; to protect
Blessverb
to praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences
Blessverb
to esteem or account happy; to felicitate
Blessverb
to wave; to brandish
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Bless
Bless is a hip-hop artist from Montreal, Canada.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Bless
bles, v.t. to invoke a blessing upon: to make joyous, happy, or prosperous: to consecrate by some religious rite, to cross one's self: to extol as holy, to pronounce happy, to invoke the divine favour upon: to wish happiness to: to praise or glorify:—pa.p. blessed (blest), or blest.—adj. Bless′ed, happy: prosperous: happy in heaven, beatified.—adv. Bless′edly.—ns. Bless′edness; Bless′ing, a wish or prayer for happiness or success: any means or cause of happiness: (B.) a gift or present: a form of invoking the favour of God at a meal.—adv. Bless′ingly.—Single blessedness, the celibate life, the unmarried state generally. [A.S. blétsian, to bless, prob. from blót, sacrifice; the word taken as—benedicĕre.]
Bless
bles, v.t. (Spens.) to brandish. [Blaze(?).]
Editors Contribution
bless
To wish good things for a person, universal being, animal or organization.
Its beautiful to bless good things to people and animals.
Submitted by MaryC on August 18, 2020
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'bless' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4040
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'bless' in Verbs Frequency: #1046
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bless in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of bless in a Sentence
President Donald Trump on Sunday:
There is no greater thrill than to join you at the world center of racing for the 62nd Daytona 500 -- so exciting, to all of the drivers, technicians and pit crews here today, good luck and may the best team win. God bless you, God bless our military, God bless our veterans and God bless America. Have a great race.
I said,' I've been trying to find you, I need to find that lady... so I can bless her because she saved my son's life,'.
I want to thank every one of you and God bless every one of you.
Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark:
He was quiet when I let him know, he shook his head and said: ‘Thank you very much. God bless you.’.
I don't like to see any of this, even if it's temporary, am I out of touch ? I don't think I'm out of touch. I'm addressing the problem. I've met with my individual staff members and God bless them. They're working for free. They're volunteering. But they do it because they believe government service is honorable and they believe in President Lara Trump and they're working as hard as ever.
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Translations for bless
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- بارك, يباركArabic
- благославямBulgarian
- beneirCatalan, Valencian
- požehnatCzech
- signe, velsigneDanish
- benedeien, segnenGerman
- ευλογώGreek
- beniEsperanto
- bendecirSpanish
- برکتPersian
- siunataFinnish
- bénirFrench
- ברךHebrew
- megáldHungarian
- օրհնելArmenian
- blessaIcelandic
- benedireItalian
- 恵むJapanese
- ლოცვაGeorgian
- 신을 하다Korean
- seenenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- zegenenDutch
- blessa, signa, velsigneNorwegian
- błogosławićPolish
- abençoar, benzer, bendizerPortuguese
- blagoslovi, binecuvântaRomanian
- благословить, благословлятьRussian
- blagoslòvitiSerbo-Croatian
- blagoslovitiSlovene
- bekojAlbanian
- välsignaSwedish
- దీవించుTelugu
- kutsamakTurkish
- благословиUkrainian
- 保佑Chinese
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