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

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   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. 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.

2. Vickie Davis:

   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,'.

3. Herman Gordon:

   I want to thank every one of you and God bless every one of you.

4. 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.’.

5. Larry Kudlow:

   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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