Bless

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 50

bles, v. t. [ble ed (blest) or blest, ble ing.] j To make happy; to invoke a ble ing upon. (Bib.) To praise, or glorify, for benefits. — Ble ^ed. a. Enjoying happine or bli : favored with ble ings; imparting happine ; hallowed by a ociations; heav- I enly. — Ble 'edne , n. State of being ble ed; be-! atitude; felicity; heavenly joys. Blew. See Blow.