Definitions for bless
blɛsbless

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bless(verb)

   give a benediction to

   "The dying man blessed his son"

2. bless(verb)

   confer prosperity or happiness on

3. bless, sign(verb)

   make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate

4. consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify(verb)

   render holy by means of religious rites

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bless(Verb)

   To make something blessed, to confer blessing upon.

2. bless(Verb)

   To turn (a reference) into an object.

3. bless(Interjection)

   Used as an expression of endearment, or (ironically) belittlement.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bless(verb)

   to make or pronounce holy; to consecrate

2. Bless(verb)

   to make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to

3. Bless(verb)

   to express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons

4. Bless(verb)

   to invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food

5. Bless(verb)

   to make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self)

6. Bless(verb)

   to guard; to keep; to protect

7. Bless(verb)

   to praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences

8. Bless(verb)

   to esteem or account happy; to felicitate

9. Bless(verb)

   to wave; to brandish

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1. Bless

   Bless is a hip-hop artist from Montreal, Canada.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

2. Bless

   bles, v.t. (Spens.) to brandish. [Blaze(?).]

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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bless' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4040

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bless' in Verbs Frequency: #1046

Anagrams for bless »

1. Slebs

How to pronounce bless?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bless in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of bless in a Sentence

1. Abu Jayyab:

   God bless his soul.

2. Ted Cruz:

   Take care, thank you, god bless.

3. De Jess ':

   Use this wisely to bless your family.

4. Mayor George Steele:

   God is going to continue to bless Kim Davis.

5. Charles Dickens:

   God bless us every one! said Tiny Tim, the last of all.

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