BLESSES | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Bless

Speech Type: Verb

Etymology:

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

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: blɛs
Dialects: British English
Definition:

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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