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Not having a bit or bridle.

Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless; -- sometimes followed by of. A bishop then must be blameless. 1 Tim. iii. 2. Blameless still of arts that polish to deprave. Mallet. We will be blameless of this thine oath. Josh. ii. 17.

In a blameless manner.

The quality or state of being blameless; innocence.

Without blemish; spotless. A life in all so blemishless. Feltham.

A South African antelope (Alcelaphus albifrons), having a large white spot on the forehead.

To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it. Gen. ii. 3.

Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy. O, run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. Milton.

See under Thistle.

Happily; fortunately; joyfully. We shall blessedly meet again never to depart. Sir P. Sidney.

The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss; heavenly joys; the favor of God. The assurance of a future blessedness. Tillotson. Single blessedness, the unmarried state. "Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness." Shak.

One who blesses; one who bestows or invokes a blessing.

The act of one who blesses.

Blessed. "This patriarch blest." Milton. White these blest sounds my ravished ear assail. Trumbull.

Destitute of bliss. Sir P. Sidney.

Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead. The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. Dryden.

Without bloom or flowers. Shelley.

Without blossoms.

Without blot.

Free from blushes; incapable of blushing; shameless; impudent. Vice now, secure, her blushless front shall raise. Dodsley.