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Word: Bless
Speech Type: Verb
Old English blēdsian, blētsian, based on blōd ‘blood’ (i.e. originally perhaps ‘mark or consecrate with blood’). The meaning was influenced by its being used to translate Latin benedicere ‘to praise, worship’, and later by association with bliss
blɛs
pronounce words in a religious rite in order to confer or invoke divine favour upon; ask God to look favourably on
Short Definition:ask for divine favour for
Examples:- he blessed the dying man and anointed him
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