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bless⋅ed

  [bles-id; especially for 3, 7 blest]
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–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.
Also, blest.

Origin:
1125–75; ME; see bless, -ed 2

Related forms:
bless⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
bless⋅ed⋅ness, noun

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)

Related forms:
blesser, noun
bless⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. exalt, hallow, glorify, magnify, beatify.
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bless   (blěs)   
tr.v.   blessed or blest (blěst), bless·ing, bless·es
  1. To make holy by religious rite; sanctify.
  2. To make the sign of the cross over so as to sanctify.
  3. To invoke divine favor upon.
  4. To honor as holy; glorify: Bless the Lord.
  5. To confer well-being or prosperity on.
  6. To endow, as with talent.

[Middle English blessen, from Old English blētsian, to consecrate; see bhel-3 in Indo-European roots.]
bless'er n.
Word History: The verb bless comes from Old English bldsian, 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." Bldsian therefore literally means "to consecrate with blood, sprinkle with blood." The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, the early Germanic migrants to Britain, used bldsian for their pagan sacrifices. After they converted to Christianity, bldsian acquired new meanings as a result of its use in translations of the Latin Bible, but it kept its pagan Germanic senses as well.
bless·ed   (blěs'ĭd)   
adj.  
    1. Worthy of worship; holy.
    2. Held in veneration; revered.
  2. Blessed Roman Catholic Church Used as a title before the name of one who has been beatified.
  3. Bringing happiness, pleasure, or contentment.
  4. blessed Used as an intensive: I don't have a blessed dime.
bless'ed·ly adv., bless'ed·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : blessed
Spanish: bendito,
German: heilig,
Japanese: 神聖な
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