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The Meaning of bless

  • (v. t.) To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
  • (v. t.) To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
  • (v. t.) To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
  • (v. t.) To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
  • (v. t.) To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
  • (v. t.) To guard; to keep; to protect.
  • (v. t.) To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
  • (v. t.) To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
  • (v. t.) To wave; to brandish.

Synonyms

hallow , sign , consecrate , sanctify , ratify , signalize , sign up , sign on , signal , contract , subscribe , signalise , purify , give , dedicate , commit , ordinate , vow , order , ordain , devote , purge , raise , conjure , conjure up , invoke , evoke , stir , call down , arouse , bring up , put forward , call forth

Antonyms

curse , bedamn , anathemize , imprecate , damn , anathemise , beshrew , maledict

Rhymes

abs , abscess , abts , access , acquiesce , address , adss , aggress , assess , attests , bess , besse , bress , bresse , caress , ccs , ches , chess , cmos , coalesce , compress , confess , contests , convalesce , cress , depress , digests , digress , dispossess , distress , dress , egress , ellesse , ess , esse , etess , excess , express , fess , finesse , fluoresce , fress , gess , gless , gress , guess , hces , headdress , hess , hesse , impress , ines , inverness , jess , kess , kless , kness , kress , kresse , kubes , largesse , lcs , les , less , letterpress , ls , mess , ness , nevertheless , noblesse , nonetheless , oas , obsess , oppress , outguess , overdress , pesce , pless , possess , press , presse , process , profess , progress , protests , ques , reassess , recess , redress , refenes , regress , reinvests , repossess , repress , requests , ress , s , simplesse , stds , stress , success , suppress , tcas , tess , transgress , tress , ts , undress , unless , uss , vess , watercress , wes , wess , ws , yes