blest

English

Alternative forms

• blessed
• blessèd (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Verb

blest

1. Archaic spelling of blessed

Adjective

blest (comparative more blest, superlative most blest)

1. Archaic spelling of blessed
   • c. 1594 William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet:

     Doth she not count her blest, / Unworthy as she is, that we have wrought / So worthy a gentleman to be her bridegroom?

   • 1850, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

     I hold myself supremely blest — blest beyond what language can express; because I am my husband's life as fully as he is mine.

Anagrams

• belts, blets

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Middle English

Noun

blest

1. Alternative form of blast