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bless Audio Help / blɛs / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ bles ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –verb (used with object), blessed or blest, bless·ing. 1. to consecrate or sanctify by a religious rite; make or pronounce holy.
2. to request of God the bestowal of divine favor on: Bless this house.
3. to bestow good of any kind upon: a nation blessed with peace.
4. to extol as holy; glorify: Bless the name of the Lord.
5. to protect or guard from evil (usually used interjectionally): Bless you! Bless your innocent little heart!
6. to condemn or curse: I'll be blessed if I can see your reasoning. Bless me if it isn't my old friend!
7. to make the sign of the cross over or upon: The Pope blessed the multitude.
[Origin:
bef. 950; ME
blessen, OE
blétsian, blédsian to consecrate, orig. with blood, earlier
*blōdisōian (
blōd blood +
-isō- derivational suffix +
-ian v. suffix)
]
—Related forms blesser, noun
bless·ing·ly, adverb
—Synonyms 1 .
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Encyclopedia Articles
(5 more entries. View all » ) Blest Gana, Alberto , 1830-1920, Chilean novelist. He is considered the principal 19th-century Spanish American realist. Although as a diplomat he spent much of his life abroad, his novels, both social and historical, depict Chilean scenes. In both
Aritmética en el amor (1860) and
Martín Rivas (1862, tr. 1918), his masterpiece, he attacked the mores of the aristocracy and the upper middle class. His novel
Durante la reconquista (1897) concerns the Chilean revolt against Spain.
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