bless
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English blessen, from Old English blētsian, blēdsian (“‘to consecrate (with blood)’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛs
[edit] Verb
to bless (third-person singular simple present blesses, present participle blessing, simple past and past participle blest or blessed)
- To make something blessed, to confer blessing upon.
- (Perl programming, transitive) (past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.
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[edit] Translations
convey blessing on
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