Definitions for bless
blɛsbless

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To BLESSverb

   Etymology: blessian, Saxon.

   1. To make happy; to prosper.

   The quality of mercy is not strain’d;
   It droppeth as the gentle rain of heaven
   Upon the place beneath. It is twice bless’d;
   It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. Merch. of Ven.

   Had I but died an hour before this chance,
   I had liv’d a blessed time: for, from this instant,
   There’s nothing. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   This kingdom enjoyed the greatest calm, and the fullest measure of felicity, that any people, in any age for so long time together, have been blessed with. Edward Hyde.

   Happy this isle, which such a hero blest;
   What virtue dwells not in his loyal breast? Edmund Waller.

   In vain with folding arms the youth assay’d
   To stop her flight, and strain the flying shade;
   But she return’d no more, to bless his longing eyes. Dryden.

   O hospitable Jove! we thus invoke,
   Bless to both nations this auspicious hour. John Dryden, Æn.

   2. To wish happiness to another; to pronounce a blessing upon him.

   And this is the blessing wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel, before his death. Deut. xxxiii. 1.

   3. To praise; to glorify for benefits received; to celebrate.

   Unto us there is one only guide of all agents natural, and he both the creator and worker of all in all, alone to be blessed, adored, and honoured by all for ever. Richard Hooker, b. i. § 3.

   But bless’d be that great pow’r, that hath us bless’d
   With longer life than earth and heav’n can have. Davies.

   4. It seems, in one place of Edmund Spenser, to signify the same as to wave; to brandish; to flourish.

   Whom when the prince to battle new addrest,
   And threat’ning high his dreadful stroke did see,
   His sparkling blade about his head he blest,
   And smote off quite his right leg by the knee. Fairy Q. b. i.

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1. BLESS

   BLESS, also known as breaks labeling, enrichment on streptavidin and next-generation sequencing, is a method used to detect genome-wide double-strand DNA damage. In contrast to chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-based methods of identifying DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) by labeling DNA repair proteins, BLESS utilizes biotinylated DNA linkers to directly label genomic DNA in situ which allows for high-specificity enrichment of samples on streptavidin beads and the subsequent sequencing-based DSB mapping to nucleotide resolution.

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1. Bless

   A general definition for "bless" is to bestow or invoke favor, goodwill, or positive outcomes upon someone or something. It often involves expressing or receiving divine or spiritual benevolence, protection, or assistance. The act of blessing can also pertain to wishing or praying for someone's happiness, success, or well-being.

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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

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1. Bless

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

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 3 votes

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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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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1. BLESS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bless is ranked #34707 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Bless surname appeared 651 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bless.
   
   88.4% or 576 total occurrences were White.
   5.9% or 39 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 12 total occurrences were Black.
   1.5% or 10 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.2% or 8 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.9% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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

How to pronounce bless?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say bless in sign language?

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. Amit Ray:

   Cultivate blessing. Bless yourself. Bless the whole world. Let it be full with love, peace, joy and happiness.

2. Lindsay Lohan:

   The positive side of it is, I’m OK. Happy New Year and God bless. Ciao, actually my shaman told me it was good luck and positive energy so God bless.

3. Bernard Barker:

   I just said, 'God bless you, Mr. Marion Barry, God bless your family.' I know he's going to heaven because he did a lot of good for the city.

4. Joyce Duco:

   If you are faced with an unpleasant person or situation that you can do nothing about, bless the situation. Bless the person and know and believe some good will come from it. . . . All of us have seen good come out of disaster . . . the 'blessing in disguise.' When you expect good to come from negativity, it will. What you think about, you bring about.

5. 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.

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