Bless

hies, v.t. to invoke a ble ing upon to make joyous, happy, or prosperous to wish happine to to praise or glorify pa p. ble ed' or blest. [A. S. He ian, Metsum to ble ; from blith-sian or Mi ion, to be blithe blithe, happy or from blot an, to kill for sacrifice, to consecrate.]