Bless

bles, v.t. to invoke a ble ing upon: to make joyous, happy, or prosperous: to consecrate by some religious rite, to cro one's self: to extol as holy, to pronounce happy, to invoke the divine favour upon: to wish happine to: to praise or glorify:— pa.p. ble ed (blest), or blest.— adj. Ble ′ed , happy: prosperous: happy in heaven, beatified.— adv. Ble ′edly .— ns. Ble ′edne ; Ble ′ing , a wish or prayer for happine or succe : any means or cause of happine : ( B. ) a gift or present: a form of invoking the favour of God at a meal.— adv. Ble ′ingly .— Single ble edne , the celibate life, the unmarried state generally. [A.S. blétsian , to ble , prob. from blót , sacrifice; the word taken as— benedicĕre .]