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Bless   /blɛs/   Listen
Bless

verb
(past & past part. blessed or blest; pres. part. blessing)
1.
Give a benediction to.  Antonym: curse.
2.
Confer prosperity or happiness on.
3.
Make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate.  Synonym: sign.
4.
Render holy by means of religious rites.  Synonyms: consecrate, hallow, sanctify.  Antonym: desecrate.



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"Bless" Quotes from Famous Books



... If so, may Heaven bless and preserve them! Some carping critics may contend that our grandfathers and grandmothers lacked the proper knowledge of how to serve a meal in courses. Let 'em. Let 'em carp until they're as black in the face as a German carp. For real food never yet needed any vain pomp and circumstance ...
— Cobb's Bill-of-Fare • Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
... her; and, Judy, if you have any feeling for me, take off that frock. Bunty, you wicked boy, I'll call your father if you don't stop that noise. Nell, take the scissors from the General, he'll poke his eyes out, bless him." ...
— Seven Little Australians • Ethel Sybil Turner
... Sanford, it would have been easy enough if I had only had Monarchist; though Dandy did nobly, bless him!" ...
— Marion's Faith. • Charles King
... as far as I was concerned; but a noble fireman—a fellow that would make a splendid model for Hercules in the Life Academy—sprang to the rescue after me and saved her. God bless him! Dear Loo has got a severe shake, but the doctors say that we have only to take good care of her, and she will do well. But to return to my woes. Listen, John, and ...
— Fighting the Flames • R.M. Ballantyne
... new baptism each time they changed to a new church. Baptizings in ponds, creeks, or rivers were great occasions and were largely attended. "Shouting" the candidates went into the water and "shouting" they came out. One old woman came up screaming, "Freed from slavery! freed from sin! Bless God and ...
— The Sequel of Appomattox - A Chronicle of the Reunion of the States, Volume 32 In The - Chronicles Of America Series • Walter Lynwood Fleming


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