Blest

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bless \Bless\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blessed}or {Blest}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Blessing}.] [OE. blessien, bletsen, AS. bletsian,
     bledsian, bloedsian, fr. bl?d blood; prob. originally to
     consecrate by sprinkling with blood. See {Blood}.]
     1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
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              And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.
                                                    --Gen. ii. 3.
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     2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity
        or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
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              The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest;
              It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
                                                    --Shak.
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              It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy
              servant, that it may continue forever before thee.
                                                    --1 Chron.
                                                    xvii. 27 (R.
                                                    V. )
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     3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to
        invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
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              Bless them which persecute you.       --Rom. xii.
                                                    14.
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     4. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities
        upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
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              Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and
              looking up to heaven, he blessed them. --Luke ix.
                                                    16.
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     5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
        [Archaic] --Holinshed.
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     6. To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.]
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     7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
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              Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within
              me, bless his holy name.              --Ps. ciii. 1.
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     8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
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              The nations shall bless themselves in him. --Jer.
                                                    iv. 3.
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     9. To wave; to brandish. [Obs.]
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              And burning blades about their heads do bless.
                                                    --Spenser.
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              Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest.
                                                    --Fairfax.
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     Note: This is an old sense of the word, supposed by Johnson,
           Nares, and others, to have been derived from the old
           rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all
           parts of it. "In drawing [their bow] some fetch such a
           compass as though they would turn about and bless all
           the field." --Ascham.
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     {Bless me!} {Bless us!} an exclamation of surprise. --Milton.
  
     {To bless from}, to secure, defend, or preserve from. "Bless
        me from marrying a usurer." --Shak.
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              To bless the doors from nightly harm. --Milton.
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     {To bless with}, {To be blessed with}, to favor or endow
        with; to be favored or endowed with; as, God blesses us
        with health; we are blessed with happiness.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blest \Blest\, a.
     Blessed. "This patriarch blest." --Milton.
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           White these blest sounds my ravished ear assail.
                                                    --Trumbull.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bless
       v 1: give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son" [ant:
             {curse}]
       2: confer prosperity or happiness on
       3: make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on
          God for protection; consecrate [syn: {sign}]
       4: render holy by means of religious rites [syn: {consecrate},
          {hallow}, {sanctify}] [ant: {desecrate}]
       [also: {blest}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blest
       adj : highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace); "our
             blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady
             income" [syn: {blessed}] [ant: {cursed}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blest
       See {bless}