Definitions for bless
blɛsbless

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

1. blessverb

   give a benediction to

   "The dying man blessed his son"

2. blessverb

   confer prosperity or happiness on

3. bless, signverb

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

4. consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctifyverb

   render holy by means of religious rites

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. blessverb

   To make something blessed, to confer blessing upon.

2. blessverb

   To turn (a reference) into an object.

3. blessinterjection

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

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

1. Blessverb

   to make or pronounce holy; to consecrate

2. Blessverb

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

3. Blessverb

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

4. Blessverb

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

5. Blessverb

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

6. Blessverb

   to guard; to keep; to protect

7. Blessverb

   to praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences

8. Blessverb

   to esteem or account happy; to felicitate

9. Blessverb

   to wave; to brandish

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bless

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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(1.00 / 3 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(?).]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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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1. bless

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Matched Categories

1. • Confer
   • Declare
   • Gesture
   • Invoke

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?

1. 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. Atlanta Journal-Constitution journalist Christian Boone:

   Scotty Garnell Morrow was very composed. Scotty Garnell Morrow had not taken a sedative before. Scotty Garnell Morrow was very contrite, scotty Garnell Morrow asked for the forgiveness from the Woods family and the Young family, thanked Scotty Garnell Morrow own family for their support -- and Scotty Garnell Morrow final words were,' I love you all, God bless.'.

2. Chuck Schumer:

   If he aims a proposal aimed at the middle class and the poor people, doesn't give breaks to the rich -- they're doing great, God bless them, I'm glad they're doing great; they don't need another tax break -- we could work with them, but I don't think they're headed in that direction, and they're going repeat the same mistake they made on Trumpcare with tax reform.

3. Barbara DeAngelis:

   Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.

4. Philip Seymour Hoffman:

   And so I thank you for casting this short, 29-year-old, unknown actor with a prominent nose to play Benjamin Braddock, god bless you, sir. You're more than a great director. You're a real artist down to your toes, because you're insanely courageous.

5. William Shakespeare:

   God bless thee; and put meekness in thy mind, love, charity, obedience, and true duty!

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