Thesaurus: bless

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1. v. t. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
2. v. t. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
3. v. t. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
4. v. t. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
5. v. t. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
6. v. t. To guard; to keep; to protect.
7. v. t. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
8. v. t. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
9. v. t. To wave; to brandish.
10. v. give a benediction to
11. v. confer prosperity or happiness on
12. v. make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate