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bless⋅ed
[bles-id; especially for 3, 7 blest]
–adjective
| 1. | consecrated; sacred; holy; sanctified: the Blessed Sacrament. |
| 2. | worthy of adoration, reverence, or worship: the Blessed Trinity. |
| 3. | divinely or supremely favored; fortunate: to be blessed with a strong, healthy body; blessed with an ability to find friends. |
| 4. | blissfully happy or contented. |
| 5. | Roman Catholic Church. beatified. |
| 6. | bringing happiness and thankfulness: the blessed assurance of a steady income. |
| 7. | Informal. damned: I'm blessed if I know. |
| 8. | Informal. (used as an intensifier): every blessed cent. |
bless
[bles]
–verb (used with object), blessed or blest, bless⋅ing.
| 1. | to consecrate or sanctify by a religious rite; make or pronounce holy. |
| 2. | to request of God the bestowal of divine favor on: Bless this house. |
| 3. | to bestow good of any kind upon: a nation blessed with peace. |
| 4. | to extol as holy; glorify: Bless the name of the Lord. |
| 5. | to protect or guard from evil (usually used interjectionally): Bless you! Bless your innocent little heart! |
| 6. | to condemn or curse: I'll be blessed if I can see your reasoning. Bless me if it isn't my old friend! |
| 7. | to make the sign of the cross over or upon: The Pope blessed the multitude. |
Origin:
bef. 950; ME blessen, OE blētsian, blēdsian to consecrate, orig. with blood, earlier *blōdisōian (blōd blood + -isō- derivational suffix + -ian v. suffix)
bef. 950; ME blessen, OE blētsian, blēdsian to consecrate, orig. with blood, earlier *blōdisōian (blōd blood + -isō- derivational suffix + -ian v. suffix)

Related forms:
blesser, noun
bless⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
1. exalt, hallow, glorify, magnify, beatify.
1. exalt, hallow, glorify, magnify, beatify.
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Blessed
Bless"ed\ (bl[e^]s"[e^]d), a. 1. Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy. O, run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. --Milton. 2. Enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings; happy; highly favored. All generations shall call me blessed. --Luke i. 48. Towards England's blessed shore. --Shak. 3. Imparting happiness or bliss; fraught with happiness; blissful; joyful. "Then was a blessed time." "So blessed a disposition." --Shak. 4. Enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or heavenly felicity; as, the blessed in heaven. Reverenced like a blessed saint. --Shak. Cast out from God and blessed vision. --Milton. 5. (R. C. Ch.) Beatified. 6. Used euphemistically, ironically, or intensively. Not a blessed man came to set her [a boat] free. --R. D. Blackmore.
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Language Translation for : blessed
Spanish:
bendito,
German:
heilig,
Japanese:
神聖な
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dsian, blēdsian, blētsian, "to bless, wish happiness, consecrate." Although the Old English verb has no cognates in any other Germanic language, it can be shown to derive from the Germanic noun *blōdan, "blood." Bl