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  • 21Bless — The hip hop artist Bless or GOD BLESS (born April 14th, 1982, as Elijah Torres) comes from Brooklyn, New York. Music careerThis Brooklyn bred emcee, whom one should not confuseFact|date=September 2008 with any amateur or glam rap artist,… …

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  • 22bless — blesser, n. blessingly, adv. /bles/, v.t., blessed or blest, blessing. 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 …

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  • 23bless — verb 1》 consecrate or invoke divine favour upon (someone) by means of a religious rite.     ↘call (God) holy; praise (God).     ↘(bless oneself) archaic make the sign of the cross. 2》 (bless someone with) endow someone with (a cherished thing or… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 24bless — transitive verb (blessed; also blest; blessing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English blētsian, from blōd blood; from the use of blood in consecration Date: before 12th century 1. to hallow or consecrate by religious rite or word 2. to… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 25Bless —    1) God blesses his people when he bestows on them some gift temporal or spiritual (Gen. 1:22; 24:35; Job 42:12; Ps. 45:2; 104:24, 35).    2) We bless God when we thank him for his mercies (Ps. 103:1, 2; 145:1, 2).    3) A man blesses himself… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 26bless — Synonyms and related words: OK, accept, acknowledge, admire, adore, adulate, apotheosize, approve, approve of, arm, armor, beatify, belaud, bepraise, bless the Lord, bless with, blow up, boast of, brag about, canonize, celebrate, champion, cheer …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 27bless — v. (D; tr.) to bless with (we are blessed with good health) * * * [bles] (D; tr.) to bless with (we are blessed with good health) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 28bless — verb 1) the chaplain blessed the couple Syn: ask/invoke God s favor for, give a benediction for; consecrate, sanctify, dedicate (to God), make holy, make sacred; formal hallow Ant: curse 2) bless the name of the Lord Syn …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 29bless — 1. verb a) To make something blessed, to confer blessing upon. b) To turn (a reference) into an object. Ant: curse, condemn See Also …

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  • 30bless — [OE] Bless occurs in no other language than English, and originally meant ‘mark with blood’, from some sort of religious rite in which such marking conferred sanctity. It probably goes back to a prehistoric Germanic formation *blōthisōjan, a… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins