Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
- 2transitive verb
To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
- 3transitive verb
To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
- 4transitive verb
To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
- 5transitive verb
To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
- 6transitive verb
To guard; to keep; to protect.
- 7transitive verb
To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
- 8transitive verb
To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
- 9transitive verb
To wave; to brandish.
- 10verb
give a benediction to
"The dying man blessed his son"
- 11verb
render holy by means of religious rites
Synonyms
- 12verb
make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
Synonyms
- 13verb
confer prosperity or happiness on
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