bless

bless is a 5-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
2. transitive verb. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
3. transitive verb. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
4. transitive verb. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
5. transitive verb. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
6. transitive verb. To guard; to keep; to protect.
7. transitive verb. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
8. transitive verb. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
9. transitive verb. To wave; to brandish.
10. verb. give a benediction to

    "The dying man blessed his son"

11. verb. render holy by means of religious rites

    Synonyms: consecrate, hallow, sanctify

12. verb. make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate

    Synonyms: sign

13. verb. confer prosperity or happiness on

Synonyms

consecrate, hallow, sanctify, sign

Common word forms

blessed, blesser, blesses, blessing

Words from these letters

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