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

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

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

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

But God really did bless me, you know? He really said, All right. Come on. I'm still waiting for you. Get over here. Get over here.
Liza Minnelli

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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