bless 音标拼音: [bl'ɛs]
v . 祝福,感激,保佑,保护
祝福,感激,保佑,保护
bless v 1 :
give a benediction to ; "
The dying man blessed his son "
[
ant : {
anathemise }, {
anathemize }, {
bedamn }, {
beshrew },
{
curse }, {
damn }, {
imprecate }, {
maledict }]
2 :
confer prosperity or happiness on 3 :
make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection ;
consecrate [
synonym : {
bless }, {
sign }]
4 :
render holy by means of religious rites [
synonym : {
consecrate },
{
bless }, {
hallow }, {
sanctify }] [
ant : {
deconsecrate },
{
desecrate }, {
unhallow }]
Bless \
Bless \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Blessed }
or {
Blest };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Blessing }.] [
OE .
blessien ,
bletsen ,
AS .
bletsian ,
bledsian ,
bloedsian ,
fr .
bl ?
d blood ;
prob .
originally to consecrate by sprinkling with blood .
See {
Blood }.]
1 .
To make or pronounce holy ;
to consecrate [
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And God blessed the seventh day ,
and sanctified it .
--
Gen .
ii .
3 .
[
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2 .
To make happy ,
blithesome ,
or joyous ;
to confer prosperity or happiness upon ;
to grant divine favor to .
[
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The quality of mercy is . . .
twice blest ;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes .
--
Shak .
[
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It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant ,
that it may continue forever before thee .
--
1 Chron .
xvii .
27 (
R .
V . )
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3 .
To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of ;
to invoke a blessing upon ; --
applied to persons .
[
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Bless them which persecute you . --
Rom .
xii .
14 .
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4 .
To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon ;
to invoke or confer a blessing on , --
as on food .
[
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Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes ,
and looking up to heaven ,
he blessed them . --
Luke ix .
16 .
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5 .
To make the sign of the cross upon ;
to cross (
one '
s self ).
[
Archaic ] --
Holinshed .
[
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6 .
To guard ;
to keep ;
to protect . [
Obs .]
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7 .
To praise ,
or glorify ;
to extol for excellences .
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Bless the Lord ,
O my soul :
and all that is within me ,
bless his holy name . --
Ps .
ciii .
1 .
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8 .
To esteem or account happy ;
to felicitate .
[
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The nations shall bless themselves in him . --
Jer .
iv .
3 .
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9 .
To wave ;
to brandish . [
Obs .]
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And burning blades about their heads do bless .
--
Spenser .
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Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest .
--
Fairfax .
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Note :
This is an old sense of the word ,
supposed by Johnson ,
Nares ,
and others ,
to have been derived from the old rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all parts of it . "
In drawing [
their bow ]
some fetch such a compass as though they would turn about and bless all the field ." --
Ascham .
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{
Bless me !} {
Bless us !}
an exclamation of surprise . --
Milton .
{
To bless from },
to secure ,
defend ,
or preserve from . "
Bless me from marrying a usurer ." --
Shak .
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To bless the doors from nightly harm . --
Milton .
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{
To bless with }, {
To be blessed with },
to favor or endow with ;
to be favored or endowed with ;
as ,
God blesses us with health ;
we are blessed with happiness .
[
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141 Moby Thesaurus words for "
bless ":
OK ,
accept ,
acknowledge ,
admire ,
adore ,
adulate ,
apotheosize ,
approve ,
approve of ,
arm ,
armor ,
beatify ,
belaud ,
bepraise ,
bless the Lord ,
bless with ,
blow up ,
boast of ,
brag about ,
canonize ,
celebrate ,
champion ,
cheer ,
cleanse ,
cloak ,
compass about ,
compliment ,
congratulate ,
consecrate ,
copyright ,
countenance ,
cover ,
credit ,
cross ,
cry up ,
cushion ,
dedicate ,
defend ,
deify ,
devote ,
dower ,
doxologize ,
emblazon ,
endorse ,
endow ,
endow with ,
enshrine ,
ensure ,
esteem ,
eulogize ,
exalt ,
extol ,
favor ,
favor with ,
felicitate ,
fence ,
fend ,
flatter ,
furnish ,
give ,
give benediction ,
give credit ,
give thanks ,
gladden ,
glorify ,
glorify the Lord ,
grace ,
grace with ,
gratulate ,
guarantee ,
guard ,
hallow ,
happify ,
harbor ,
haven ,
hero -
worship ,
hold with ,
hymn ,
idolize ,
insure ,
invest ,
invoke benefits upon ,
keep ,
keep from harm ,
keep in countenance ,
laud ,
lay hands on ,
lionize ,
magnify ,
make acknowledgments of ,
make happy ,
make much of ,
make safe ,
nestle ,
offer thanks ,
overpraise ,
panegyrize ,
patent ,
pay tribute ,
police ,
porter aux nues ,
praise ,
praise God ,
protect ,
provide ,
puff ,
puff up ,
purify ,
recognize ,
register ,
rejoice with ,
render credit ,
render thanks ,
respect ,
return thanks ,
revere ,
ride shotgun for ,
safeguard ,
saint ,
salute ,
sanctify ,
sanction ,
screen ,
secure ,
set apart ,
settle on ,
settle upon ,
shelter ,
shield ,
shroud ,
sing praises ,
supply ,
take kindly to ,
thank ,
think well of ,
trumpet ,
underwrite ,
uphold ,
vest ,
vest with ,
view with favor Bless (
1 .)
God blesses his people when he bestows on them some gift temporal or spiritual (
Gen .
1 :
22 ;
24 :
35 ;
Job 42 :
12 ;
Ps .
45 :
2 ;
104 :
24 ,
35 ).
(
2 .)
We bless God when we thank him for his mercies (
Ps .
103 :
1 ,
2 ;
145 :
1 ,
2 ).
(
3 .)
A man blesses himself when he invokes God '
s blessing (
Isa .
65 :
16 ),
or rejoices in God '
s goodness to him (
Deut .
29 :
19 ;
Ps .
49 :
18 ).
(
4 .)
One blesses another when he expresses good wishes or offers prayer to God for his welfare (
Gen .
24 :
60 ;
31 :
55 ;
1 Sam .
2 :
20 ).
Sometimes blessings were uttered under divine inspiration ,
as in the case of Noah ,
Isaac ,
Jacob ,
and Moses (
Gen .
9 :
26 ,
27 ;
27 :
28 ,
29 ,
40 ;
48 :
15 -
20 ;
49 :
1 -
28 ;
Deut .
33 ).
The priests were divinely authorized to bless the people (
Deut .
10 :
8 ;
Num .
6 :
22 -
27 ).
We have many examples of apostolic benediction (
2 Cor .
13 :
14 ;
Eph .
6 :
23 ,
24 ;
2 Thess .
3 :
16 ,
18 ;
Heb .
13 :
20 ,
21 ;
1 Pet .
5 :
10 ,
11 ).
(
5 .)
Among the Jews in their thank -
offerings the master of the feast took a cup of wine in his hand ,
and after having blessed God for it and for other mercies then enjoyed ,
handed it to his guests ,
who all partook of it .
Ps .
116 :
13 refers to this custom .
It is also alluded to in 1 Cor .
10 :
16 ,
where the apostle speaks of the "
cup of blessing ."
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