Definition of Bless

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Definition of Bless

Bless

To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate

To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.

To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.

To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.

To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).

To guard; to keep; to protect.

To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.

To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.

To wave; to brandish.

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Bless Quotations

God wants to bless us where we are.
Joel Osteen

God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.
Mohandas Gandhi

The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
Will Rogers

When I played God Bless The Queen, I was wondering if they was gonna dig us, then quite naturally I'd go on and try to get it together.
Jimi Hendrix

The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless.
Billy Graham

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
Swami Vivekananda

If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed.
Marianne Williamson

The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a farmer who, having sown tares, asks God to bring forth for him a harvest of wheat.
James Allen

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
Henry Ward Beecher

Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.
Elvis Presley

Bless Translations

bless in Dutch is zegenen, inzegenen, wijden
bless in Finnish is siunata
bless in German is verletzen, preisen, segnen, verletzen
bless in Italian is benedire
bless in Norwegian is velsigne
bless in Spanish is bendecir

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