Bless

v. t.	1.	To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate [imp. & p. p. Blessed ( ) or Blest; p. pr. & vb. n. Blessing.] And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it. - Gen. ii. 3.
	2.	To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to. The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. - Shak. It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue forever before thee. - 1 Chron. xvii. 27 (R. V.
	3.	To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; - applied to persons. Bless them which persecute you. - Rom. xii. 14.
	4.	To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, - as on food. Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them. - Luke ix. 16.
	5.	To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
	6.	To guard; to keep; to protect.
	7.	To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. - Ps. ciii. 1.
	8.	To esteem or account happy; to felicitate. The nations shall bless themselves in him. - Jer. iv. 3.
	9.	To wave; to brandish. And burning blades about their heads do bless. - Spenser. Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest. - Fairfax. Bless me! an exclamation of surprise. To bless from to secure, defend, or preserve from. - Milton. To bless the doors from nightly harm. - Milton.

Verb	1.	bless - give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son" Antonyms: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, damn, imprecate, maledict, curse - wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"
	2.	bless - confer prosperity or happiness on
	3.	bless - make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate Synonyms: sign
	4.	bless - render holy by means of religious rites Synonyms: hallow, sanctify, consecrate

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