| slovo | definícia |
bless
(mass) | bless
- požehnať |
bless
(encz) | bless,blahořečit v: Zdeněk Brož |
bless
(encz) | bless,požehnat v: Zdeněk Brož |
bless
(encz) | bless,žehnat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Bless
(gcide) | Bless \Bless\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blessedor Blest; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blessing.] [OE. blessien, bletsen, AS. bletsian,
bledsian, bloedsian, fr. bl?d blood; prob. originally to
consecrate by sprinkling with blood. See Blood.]
1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
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And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.
--Gen. ii. 3.
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2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity
or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
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The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
--Shak.
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It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy
servant, that it may continue forever before thee.
--1 Chron.
xvii. 27 (R.
V. )
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3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to
invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
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Bless them which persecute you. --Rom. xii.
14.
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4. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities
upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
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Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and
looking up to heaven, he blessed them. --Luke ix.
16.
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5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
[Archaic] --Holinshed.
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6. To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.]
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7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
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Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within
me, bless his holy name. --Ps. ciii. 1.
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8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
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The nations shall bless themselves in him. --Jer.
iv. 3.
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9. To wave; to brandish. [Obs.]
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And burning blades about their heads do bless.
--Spenser.
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Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest.
--Fairfax.
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Note: This is an old sense of the word, supposed by Johnson,
Nares, and others, to have been derived from the old
rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all
parts of it. "In drawing [their bow] some fetch such a
compass as though they would turn about and bless all
the field." --Ascham.
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Bless me! Bless us! an exclamation of surprise. --Milton.
To bless from, to secure, defend, or preserve from. "Bless
me from marrying a usurer." --Shak.
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To bless the doors from nightly harm. --Milton.
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To bless with, To be blessed with, to favor or endow
with; to be favored or endowed with; as, God blesses us
with health; we are blessed with happiness.
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bless
(wn) | bless
v 1: give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son"
[ant: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew,
curse, damn, imprecate, maledict]
2: confer prosperity or happiness on
3: make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on
God for protection; consecrate [syn: bless, sign]
4: render holy by means of religious rites [syn: consecrate,
bless, hallow, sanctify] [ant: deconsecrate,
desecrate, unhallow] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
bless
(mass) | bless
- požehnať |
blessed
(mass) | blessed
- požehnaný |
blessedness
(mass) | blessedness
- blaženosť |
blessing
(mass) | blessing
- súhlas, súhlas |
a blessing in disguise
(encz) | a blessing in disguise,problém řešící jiný problém Zdeněk Brož |
bless
(encz) | bless,blahořečit v: Zdeněk Brožbless,požehnat v: Zdeněk Brožbless,žehnat v: Zdeněk Brož |
bless my soul
(encz) | bless my soul,pro pána krále! [id.] Rostislav Svoboda |
bless you
(encz) | bless you,na zdraví [id.] reakce na kýchnutí Stanislav Horáček |
blessed
(encz) | blessed,požehnaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
blessedness
(encz) | blessedness,blaženost n: Zdeněk Brož |
blessing
(encz) | blessing,požehnání n: Zdeněk Brožblessing,souhlas Zdeněk Brož |
blessing in disguise
(encz) | blessing in disguise,štěstí v neštěstí [fráz.] Pino |
blessings
(encz) | blessings,požehnání pl. Zdeněk Brož |
god bless the duke of argyle
(encz) | God bless the Duke of Argyle, |
jobless
(encz) | jobless,bez práce [fráz.] Pinojobless,nezaměstnaný luke |
joblessness
(encz) | joblessness,nezaměstnanost luke |
limbless
(encz) | limbless,bez údů Zdeněk Brožlimbless,beznohý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
noblesse
(encz) | noblesse, n: |
noblesse oblige
(encz) | noblesse oblige,výsadní postavení n: Zdeněk Brož |
ribless
(encz) | ribless, adj: |
unblessed
(encz) | unblessed, adj: |
god bless you
(czen) | God Bless You,GBY[zkr.] |
Albless Sunday
(gcide) | Alb Sunday \Alb Sunday\ (Eccl.)
The first Sunday after Easter Sunday, properly {Albless
Sunday}, because in the early church those who had been
baptized on Easter eve laid aside on the following Saturday
their white albs which had been put on after baptism.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
beatified blessed
(gcide) | hallowed \hallowed\ adj.
belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine
power; made holy. Opposite of unholy. [Narrower terms:
{beatified, blessed ; {blessed ; {consecrated, sacred,
sanctified ] Also See: consecrated, consecrate, sacred.
Syn: holy.
[WordNet 1.5] |
bibless
(gcide) | bibless \bib"less\ adj.
lacking a bib. bibbed
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Bless me
(gcide) | Bless \Bless\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blessedor Blest; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blessing.] [OE. blessien, bletsen, AS. bletsian,
bledsian, bloedsian, fr. bl?d blood; prob. originally to
consecrate by sprinkling with blood. See Blood.]
1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
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And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.
--Gen. ii. 3.
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2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity
or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
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The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
--Shak.
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It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy
servant, that it may continue forever before thee.
--1 Chron.
xvii. 27 (R.
V. )
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3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to
invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
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Bless them which persecute you. --Rom. xii.
14.
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4. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities
upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
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Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and
looking up to heaven, he blessed them. --Luke ix.
16.
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5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
[Archaic] --Holinshed.
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6. To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.]
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7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
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Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within
me, bless his holy name. --Ps. ciii. 1.
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8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
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The nations shall bless themselves in him. --Jer.
iv. 3.
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9. To wave; to brandish. [Obs.]
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And burning blades about their heads do bless.
--Spenser.
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Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest.
--Fairfax.
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Note: This is an old sense of the word, supposed by Johnson,
Nares, and others, to have been derived from the old
rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all
parts of it. "In drawing [their bow] some fetch such a
compass as though they would turn about and bless all
the field." --Ascham.
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Bless me! Bless us! an exclamation of surprise. --Milton.
To bless from, to secure, defend, or preserve from. "Bless
me from marrying a usurer." --Shak.
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To bless the doors from nightly harm. --Milton.
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To bless with, To be blessed with, to favor or endow
with; to be favored or endowed with; as, God blesses us
with health; we are blessed with happiness.
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Bless us
(gcide) | Bless \Bless\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blessedor Blest; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blessing.] [OE. blessien, bletsen, AS. bletsian,
bledsian, bloedsian, fr. bl?d blood; prob. originally to
consecrate by sprinkling with blood. See Blood.]
1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
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And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.
--Gen. ii. 3.
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2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity
or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
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The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
--Shak.
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It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy
servant, that it may continue forever before thee.
--1 Chron.
xvii. 27 (R.
V. )
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3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to
invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
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Bless them which persecute you. --Rom. xii.
14.
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4. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities
upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
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Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and
looking up to heaven, he blessed them. --Luke ix.
16.
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5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
[Archaic] --Holinshed.
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6. To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.]
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7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
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Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within
me, bless his holy name. --Ps. ciii. 1.
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8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
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The nations shall bless themselves in him. --Jer.
iv. 3.
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9. To wave; to brandish. [Obs.]
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And burning blades about their heads do bless.
--Spenser.
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Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest.
--Fairfax.
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Note: This is an old sense of the word, supposed by Johnson,
Nares, and others, to have been derived from the old
rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all
parts of it. "In drawing [their bow] some fetch such a
compass as though they would turn about and bless all
the field." --Ascham.
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Bless me! Bless us! an exclamation of surprise. --Milton.
To bless from, to secure, defend, or preserve from. "Bless
me from marrying a usurer." --Shak.
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To bless the doors from nightly harm. --Milton.
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To bless with, To be blessed with, to favor or endow
with; to be favored or endowed with; as, God blesses us
with health; we are blessed with happiness.
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Blessed
(gcide) | Bless \Bless\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blessedor Blest; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blessing.] [OE. blessien, bletsen, AS. bletsian,
bledsian, bloedsian, fr. bl?d blood; prob. originally to
consecrate by sprinkling with blood. See Blood.]
1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
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And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.
--Gen. ii. 3.
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2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity
or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
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The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
--Shak.
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It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy
servant, that it may continue forever before thee.
--1 Chron.
xvii. 27 (R.
V. )
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3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to
invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
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Bless them which persecute you. --Rom. xii.
14.
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4. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities
upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
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Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and
looking up to heaven, he blessed them. --Luke ix.
16.
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5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
[Archaic] --Holinshed.
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6. To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.]
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7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
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Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within
me, bless his holy name. --Ps. ciii. 1.
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8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
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The nations shall bless themselves in him. --Jer.
iv. 3.
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9. To wave; to brandish. [Obs.]
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And burning blades about their heads do bless.
--Spenser.
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Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest.
--Fairfax.
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Note: This is an old sense of the word, supposed by Johnson,
Nares, and others, to have been derived from the old
rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all
parts of it. "In drawing [their bow] some fetch such a
compass as though they would turn about and bless all
the field." --Ascham.
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Bless me! Bless us! an exclamation of surprise. --Milton.
To bless from, to secure, defend, or preserve from. "Bless
me from marrying a usurer." --Shak.
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To bless the doors from nightly harm. --Milton.
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To bless with, To be blessed with, to favor or endow
with; to be favored or endowed with; as, God blesses us
with health; we are blessed with happiness.
[1913 Webster]Blessed \Bless"ed\ (bl[e^]s"[e^]d), a.
1. Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration;
heavenly; holy.
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O, run; prevent them with thy humble ode,
And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. --Milton.
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2. Enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings;
happy; highly favored.
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All generations shall call me blessed. --Luke i. 48.
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Towards England's blessed shore. --Shak.
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3. Imparting happiness or bliss; fraught with happiness;
blissful; joyful. "Then was a blessed time." "So blessed a
disposition." --Shak.
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4. Enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or
heavenly felicity; as, the blessed in heaven.
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Reverenced like a blessed saint. --Shak.
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Cast out from God and blessed vision. --Milton.
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5. (R. C. Ch.) Beatified.
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6. Used euphemistically, ironically, or intensively.
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Not a blessed man came to set her [a boat] free.
--R. D.
Blackmore.
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blessed
(gcide) | hallowed \hallowed\ adj.
belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine
power; made holy. Opposite of unholy. [Narrower terms:
{beatified, blessed ; {blessed ; {consecrated, sacred,
sanctified ] Also See: consecrated, consecrate, sacred.
Syn: holy.
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Blessed thistle
(gcide) | Thistle \This"tle\, n. [OE. thistil, AS. [thorn]istel; akin to
D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. [thorn]istill,
Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.)
Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those
of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name
is often also applied to other prickly plants.
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Blessed thistle, Carduus benedictus, so named because it
was formerly considered an antidote to the bite of
venomous creatures.
Bull thistle, Cnicus lanceolatus, the common large
thistle of neglected pastures.
Canada thistle, Cnicus arvensis, a native of Europe, but
introduced into the United States from Canada.
Cotton thistle, Onopordon Acanthium.
Fuller's thistle, the teasel.
Globe thistle, Melon thistle, etc. See under Globe,
Melon, etc.
Pine thistle, Atractylis gummifera, a native of the
Mediterranean region. A vicid gum resin flows from the
involucre.
Scotch thistle, either the cotton thistle, or the musk
thistle, or the spear thistle; -- all used national
emblems of Scotland.
Sow thistle, Sonchus oleraceus.
Spear thistle. Same as Bull thistle.
Star thistle, a species of Centaurea. See Centaurea.
Torch thistle, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus
Cereus. See Cereus.
Yellow thistle, Cincus horridulus.
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Thistle bird (Zool.), the American goldfinch, or
yellow-bird (Spinus tristis); -- so called on account of
its feeding on the seeds of thistles. See Illust. under
Goldfinch.
Thistle butterfly (Zool.), a handsomely colored American
butterfly (Vanessa cardui) whose larva feeds upon
thistles; -- called also painted lady.
Thistle cock (Zool.), the corn bunting ({Emberiza
militaria}). [Prov. Eng.]
Thistle crown, a gold coin of England of the reign of James
I., worth four shillings.
Thistle finch (Zool.), the goldfinch; -- so called from its
fondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.]
Thistle funnel, a funnel having a bulging body and flaring
mouth.
[1913 Webster]Blessed thistle \Bless"ed this"tle\
See under Thistle.
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Blessedly
(gcide) | Blessedly \Bless"ed*ly\, adv.
Happily; fortunately; joyfully.
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We shall blessedly meet again never to depart. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Blessedness
(gcide) | Blessedness \Bless"ed*ness\, n.
The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss;
heavenly joys; the favor of God.
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The assurance of a future blessedness. --Tillotson.
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Single blessedness, the unmarried state. "Grows, lives, and
dies in single blessedness." --Shak.
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Syn: Delight; beatitude; ecstasy. See Happiness.
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Blesser
(gcide) | Blesser \Bless"er\, n.
One who blesses; one who bestows or invokes a blessing.
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Blessing
(gcide) | Bless \Bless\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blessedor Blest; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blessing.] [OE. blessien, bletsen, AS. bletsian,
bledsian, bloedsian, fr. bl?d blood; prob. originally to
consecrate by sprinkling with blood. See Blood.]
1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
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And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.
--Gen. ii. 3.
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2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity
or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
[1913 Webster]
The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy
servant, that it may continue forever before thee.
--1 Chron.
xvii. 27 (R.
V. )
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3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to
invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
[1913 Webster]
Bless them which persecute you. --Rom. xii.
14.
[1913 Webster]
4. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities
upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
[1913 Webster]
Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and
looking up to heaven, he blessed them. --Luke ix.
16.
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5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
[Archaic] --Holinshed.
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6. To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.]
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7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
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Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within
me, bless his holy name. --Ps. ciii. 1.
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8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
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The nations shall bless themselves in him. --Jer.
iv. 3.
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9. To wave; to brandish. [Obs.]
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And burning blades about their heads do bless.
--Spenser.
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Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest.
--Fairfax.
[1913 Webster]
Note: This is an old sense of the word, supposed by Johnson,
Nares, and others, to have been derived from the old
rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all
parts of it. "In drawing [their bow] some fetch such a
compass as though they would turn about and bless all
the field." --Ascham.
[1913 Webster]
Bless me! Bless us! an exclamation of surprise. --Milton.
To bless from, to secure, defend, or preserve from. "Bless
me from marrying a usurer." --Shak.
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To bless the doors from nightly harm. --Milton.
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To bless with, To be blessed with, to favor or endow
with; to be favored or endowed with; as, God blesses us
with health; we are blessed with happiness.
[1913 Webster]Blessing \Bless"ing\, n. [AS. bletsung. See Bless, v. t.]
1. The act of one who blesses.
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2. A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring
divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish
of happiness pronounces.
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This is the blessing, where with Moses the man of
God blessed the children of Israel. --Deut.
xxxiii. 1.
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3. A means of happiness; that which promotes prosperity and
welfare; a beneficent gift.
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Nature's full blessings would be well dispensed.
--Milton.
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4. (Bib.) A gift. [A Hebraism] --Gen. xxxiii. 11.
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5. Grateful praise or worship.
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Combless
(gcide) | Combless \Comb"less\, a.
Without a comb or crest; as, a combless cock.
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Constabless
(gcide) | Constabless \Con"sta*bless\, n.
The wife of a constable. [Obs.]
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Cubless
(gcide) | Cubless \Cub"less\ (k?b"l?s), a.
Having no cubs. --Byron.
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Curbless
(gcide) | Curbless \Curb"less\, a.
Having no curb or restraint.
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Herbless
(gcide) | Herbless \Herb"less\, a.
Destitute of herbs or of vegetation. --J. Warton.
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Humblesse
(gcide) | Humblesse \Hum"blesse\, n. [OF.]
Humbleness; abasement; low obeisance. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
--Spenser.
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Islands of the blessed
(gcide) | Island \Is"land\, n. [OE. iland, yland, AS. [imac]gland, ?gland,
?glond; [imac]g, ?g, island + land, lond, land. AS. [imac]g,
?g, is akin to AS. e['a] water, river, OHG. ?uwa, G. au
meadow, Icel. ey island, Dan. & Sw. ["o], Goth. ahwa a
stream, water, L. aqua water. The s is due to confusion with
isle. Cf. Ait, Eyot, Ewer, Aquatic.]
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1. A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a
continent. Cf. Continent.
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2. Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island
of ice.
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3. (Zool.) See Isle, n., 2.
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Islands of the blessed (Myth.), islands supposed to lie in
the Western Ocean, where the favorites of the gods are
conveyed at death, and dwell in everlasting joy.
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Limbless
(gcide) | Limbless \Limb"less\ (l[i^]m"l[e^]s), a.
Destitute of limbs.
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Nimbless
(gcide) | Nimbless \Nim"bless\, n.
Nimbleness. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Nobless
(gcide) | Nobless \No*bless"\, Noblesse \No*blesse"\ (?; 277), n. [F.
noblesse. See Noble.]
1. Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition. [Obs.]
--Chaucer. --Spenser. --B. Jonson.
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2. The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively,
including males and females. --Dryden.
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Noblesse
(gcide) | Nobless \No*bless"\, Noblesse \No*blesse"\ (?; 277), n. [F.
noblesse. See Noble.]
1. Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition. [Obs.]
--Chaucer. --Spenser. --B. Jonson.
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2. The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively,
including males and females. --Dryden.
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Numbless
(gcide) | Numbless \Num"bless\, n. pl.
See Nombles.
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Ribless
(gcide) | Ribless \Rib"less\, a.
Having no ribs.
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Shrubless
(gcide) | Shrubless \Shrub"less\, a.
having no shrubs. --Byron.
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Single blessedness
(gcide) | Blessedness \Bless"ed*ness\, n.
The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss;
heavenly joys; the favor of God.
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The assurance of a future blessedness. --Tillotson.
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Single blessedness, the unmarried state. "Grows, lives, and
dies in single blessedness." --Shak.
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Syn: Delight; beatitude; ecstasy. See Happiness.
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Sublessee
(gcide) | Sublessee \Sub`les*see"\, n.
A holder of a sublease.
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The Blessed Virgin
(gcide) | Virgin \Vir"gin\, n. [L. virgo, -inis: cf. OF. virgine, virgene,
virge, vierge, F. vierge.]
1. A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.
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2. A person of the male sex who has not known sexual
indulgence. [Archaic] --Wyclif.
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These are they which were not defiled with women;
for they are virgins. --Rev. xiv. 4.
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He his flesh hath overcome;
He was a virgin, as he said. --Gower.
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3. (Astron.) See Virgo.
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4. (Zool.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged
butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
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5. (Zool.) A female insect producing eggs from which young
are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a
male; a parthenogenetic insect.
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The Virgin, or The Blessed Virgin, the Virgin Mary, the
Mother of Jesus Christ.
Virgin's bower (Bot.), a name given to several climbing
plants of the genus Clematis, as Clematis Vitalba of
Europe, and Clematis Virginiana of North America.
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Thumbless
(gcide) | Thumbless \Thumb"less\, a.
Without a thumb. --Darwin.
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To be blessed with
(gcide) | Bless \Bless\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blessedor Blest; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blessing.] [OE. blessien, bletsen, AS. bletsian,
bledsian, bloedsian, fr. bl?d blood; prob. originally to
consecrate by sprinkling with blood. See Blood.]
1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
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And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.
--Gen. ii. 3.
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2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity
or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
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The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
--Shak.
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It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy
servant, that it may continue forever before thee.
--1 Chron.
xvii. 27 (R.
V. )
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3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to
invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
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Bless them which persecute you. --Rom. xii.
14.
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4. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities
upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
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Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and
looking up to heaven, he blessed them. --Luke ix.
16.
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5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
[Archaic] --Holinshed.
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6. To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.]
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7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
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Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within
me, bless his holy name. --Ps. ciii. 1.
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8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
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The nations shall bless themselves in him. --Jer.
iv. 3.
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9. To wave; to brandish. [Obs.]
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And burning blades about their heads do bless.
--Spenser.
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Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest.
--Fairfax.
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Note: This is an old sense of the word, supposed by Johnson,
Nares, and others, to have been derived from the old
rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all
parts of it. "In drawing [their bow] some fetch such a
compass as though they would turn about and bless all
the field." --Ascham.
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Bless me! Bless us! an exclamation of surprise. --Milton.
To bless from, to secure, defend, or preserve from. "Bless
me from marrying a usurer." --Shak.
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To bless the doors from nightly harm. --Milton.
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To bless with, To be blessed with, to favor or endow
with; to be favored or endowed with; as, God blesses us
with health; we are blessed with happiness.
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To bless from
(gcide) | Bless \Bless\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blessedor Blest; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blessing.] [OE. blessien, bletsen, AS. bletsian,
bledsian, bloedsian, fr. bl?d blood; prob. originally to
consecrate by sprinkling with blood. See Blood.]
1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
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And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.
--Gen. ii. 3.
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2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity
or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
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The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
--Shak.
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It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy
servant, that it may continue forever before thee.
--1 Chron.
xvii. 27 (R.
V. )
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3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to
invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
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Bless them which persecute you. --Rom. xii.
14.
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4. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities
upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
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Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and
looking up to heaven, he blessed them. --Luke ix.
16.
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5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
[Archaic] --Holinshed.
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6. To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.]
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7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
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Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within
me, bless his holy name. --Ps. ciii. 1.
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8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
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The nations shall bless themselves in him. --Jer.
iv. 3.
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9. To wave; to brandish. [Obs.]
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And burning blades about their heads do bless.
--Spenser.
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Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest.
--Fairfax.
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Note: This is an old sense of the word, supposed by Johnson,
Nares, and others, to have been derived from the old
rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all
parts of it. "In drawing [their bow] some fetch such a
compass as though they would turn about and bless all
the field." --Ascham.
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Bless me! Bless us! an exclamation of surprise. --Milton.
To bless from, to secure, defend, or preserve from. "Bless
me from marrying a usurer." --Shak.
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To bless the doors from nightly harm. --Milton.
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To bless with, To be blessed with, to favor or endow
with; to be favored or endowed with; as, God blesses us
with health; we are blessed with happiness.
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To bless with
(gcide) | Bless \Bless\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blessedor Blest; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blessing.] [OE. blessien, bletsen, AS. bletsian,
bledsian, bloedsian, fr. bl?d blood; prob. originally to
consecrate by sprinkling with blood. See Blood.]
1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
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And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.
--Gen. ii. 3.
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2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity
or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
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The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
--Shak.
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It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy
servant, that it may continue forever before thee.
--1 Chron.
xvii. 27 (R.
V. )
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3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to
invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
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Bless them which persecute you. --Rom. xii.
14.
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4. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities
upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
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Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and
looking up to heaven, he blessed them. --Luke ix.
16.
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5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
[Archaic] --Holinshed.
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6. To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.]
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7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
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Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within
me, bless his holy name. --Ps. ciii. 1.
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8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
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The nations shall bless themselves in him. --Jer.
iv. 3.
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9. To wave; to brandish. [Obs.]
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And burning blades about their heads do bless.
--Spenser.
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Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest.
--Fairfax.
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Note: This is an old sense of the word, supposed by Johnson,
Nares, and others, to have been derived from the old
rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all
parts of it. "In drawing [their bow] some fetch such a
compass as though they would turn about and bless all
the field." --Ascham.
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Bless me! Bless us! an exclamation of surprise. --Milton.
To bless from, to secure, defend, or preserve from. "Bless
me from marrying a usurer." --Shak.
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To bless the doors from nightly harm. --Milton.
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To bless with, To be blessed with, to favor or endow
with; to be favored or endowed with; as, God blesses us
with health; we are blessed with happiness.
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Tombless
(gcide) | Tombless \Tomb"less\, a.
Destitute of a tomb.
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Unbless
(gcide) | Unbless \Un*bless"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bless.]
To deprive of blessings; to make wretched. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Unblessed
(gcide) | Unblessed \Un*blessed"\, Unblest \Un*blest\, a. [Pref. un- not +
blessed, blest.]
Not blest; excluded from benediction; hence, accursed;
wretched. "Unblessed enchanter." --Milton.
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bibless
(wn) | bibless
adj 1: lacking a bib [ant: bibbed] |
bless
(wn) | bless
v 1: give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son"
[ant: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew,
curse, damn, imprecate, maledict]
2: confer prosperity or happiness on
3: make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on
God for protection; consecrate [syn: bless, sign]
4: render holy by means of religious rites [syn: consecrate,
bless, hallow, sanctify] [ant: deconsecrate,
desecrate, unhallow] |
blessed
(wn) | blessed
adj 1: highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace);
"our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady
income" [syn: blessed, blest] [ant: cursed,
curst]
2: worthy of worship; "the Blessed Trinity"
3: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted
idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a
blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or
goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or
goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal
nuisance" [syn: blasted, blame, blamed, blessed,
damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn,
goddamned, infernal]
4: Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy
of veneration [syn: beatified, blessed]
5: enjoying the bliss of heaven
6: characterized by happiness and good fortune; "a blessed time" |
blessed event
(wn) | blessed event
n 1: the live birth of a child [syn: blessed event, {happy
event}] |
blessed thistle
(wn) | blessed thistle
n 1: tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-
blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in
California and South America [syn: milk thistle, {lady's
thistle}, Our Lady's mild thistle, holy thistle,
blessed thistle, Silybum marianum]
2: annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and
minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow
flowers [syn: blessed thistle, sweet sultan, {Cnicus
benedictus}] |
blessed trinity
(wn) | Blessed Trinity
n 1: the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one
Godhead [syn: Trinity, Holy Trinity, Blessed Trinity,
Sacred Trinity] |
blessed virgin
(wn) | Blessed Virgin
n 1: the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin
Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics [syn:
Mary, Virgin Mary, The Virgin, Blessed Virgin,
Madonna] |
blessedly
(wn) | blessedly
adv 1: in a blessed manner |
blessedness
(wn) | blessedness
n 1: a state of supreme happiness [syn: blessedness,
beatitude, beatification] |
blessing
(wn) | blessing
n 1: the formal act of approving; "he gave the project his
blessing"; "his decision merited the approval of any
sensible person" [syn: blessing, approval, approving]
[ant: disapproval]
2: a desirable state; "enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a
spanking breeze is a boon to sailors" [syn: blessing,
boon]
3: a short prayer of thanks before a meal; "their youngest son
said grace" [syn: grace, blessing, thanksgiving]
4: a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection [syn:
benediction, blessing]
5: the act of praying for divine protection [syn: blessing,
benediction] |
jobless
(wn) | jobless
adj 1: not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless
transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"
[syn: idle, jobless, out of work] |
limbless
(wn) | limbless
adj 1: having no limbs; "a snake is a limbless reptile" [ant:
limbed] |
noblesse
(wn) | noblesse
n 1: the state of being of noble birth [syn: nobility,
noblesse]
2: members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility) |
noblesse oblige
(wn) | noblesse oblige
n 1: the obligation of those of high rank to be honorable and
generous (often used ironically) |
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