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Bless (v. t.) To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
Bless (v. t.) To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
Bless (v. t.) To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
Bless (v. t.) To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
Bless (v. t.) To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
Bless (v. t.) To guard; to keep; to protect.
Bless (v. t.) To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
Bless (v. t.) To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
Bless (v. t.) To wave; to brandish.
Blessed (imp. & p. p.) of Bless
Blessed (a.) Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy.
Blessed (a.) Enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings; happy; highly favored.
Blessed (a.) Imparting happiness or bliss; fraught with happiness; blissful; joyful.
Blessed (a.) Enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or heavenly felicity; as, the blessed in heaven.
Blessed (a.) Beatified.
Blessed (a.) Used euphemistically, ironically, or intensively.