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186 words match “BLESS”

BLESS v. 9 definitions
To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it. Gen. ii. 3.
BLESSED a. 6 definitions
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.
BLESSED THISTLE n.
See under Thistle.
BLESSEDLY adv.
Happily; fortunately; joyfully. We shall blessedly meet again never to depart. Sir P. Sidney.
BLESSEDNESS n.
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.
BLESSER n.
One who blesses; one who bestows or invokes a blessing.
BLESSING n. 5 definitions
The act of one who blesses.
COMBLESS a.
Without a comb or crest; as, a combless ceck.
CONSTABLESS n.
The wife of a constable. [Obs.]
CUBLESS a.
Having no cubs. Byron.
CURBLESS a.
Having no curb or restraint.
HERBLESS a.
Destitute of herbs or of vegetation. J. Warton.
HUMBLESSE n.
Humbleness; abasement; low obeisance. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
LIMBLESS a.
Destitute of limbs.
NIMBLESS n.
Nimbleness. [Obs.] Spenser.
NOBLESS; NOBLESSE n. 2 definitions
Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser. B. Jonson.
NUMBLESS n.
See Nombles.
RIBLESS a.
Having no ribs.
SHRUBLESS a.
having no shrubs. Byron.
SUBLESSEE n.
A holder of a sublease.
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