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English

Pronunciation

enPR: blĕs, IPA^(key): /blɛs/Category:English 1-syllable words#BLESS Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BLESS
Audio (US): (file)
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Rhymes: -ɛs Category:Rhymes:English/ɛs#BLESS Category:Rhymes:English/ɛs/1 syllable#BLESS

Etymology 1

Verb

bless (third-person singular simple present blesses, present participle blessing, simple past and past participle blest or blessed)Category:English lemmas#BLESS Category:English verbs#BLESS Category:English entries with incorrect language header#BLESS Category:Pages with entries#BLESS Category:Pages with 3 entries#BLESS

To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
To invoke divine favor upon.
In some countries, priests bless farm animals on St. Anthony's Day.Category:English terms with usage examples#BLESS

In many families, a grace is said before dinner to give thanks for and bless the food.Category:English terms with usage examples#BLESS
To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 103:1, column 2:
  A Pſalme of Dauid. Bleſſe the Lord, O my ſoule: and all that is within me, bleſſe his holy Name.
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To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 4:2, column 1:
  And thou ſhalt ſweare, The Lord liueth, in Trueth, in Iudgement, and in Righteouſnes, and the nations ſhall bleſſe themſelues in him, and in him ſhall they glorie.
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(Christianity Category:en:Christianity#BLESS) To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
- 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:
  the archbishop vsing certeine praiers, blessed the king
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(obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#BLESS) To wave; to brandish.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 6:
  And burning blades about their heads do blesse.
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- 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:
  Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest.
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(Perl programming Category:en:Programming#BLESS, transitive Category:English transitive verbs#BLESS, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.
(archaic Category:English terms with archaic senses#BLESS, with from) To secure, defend, or prevent from.
- c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
  Bless me from marrying a usurer.
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- a. 1645, John Milton, “Il Penseroso”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 40:
  To bleſs the dores from nightly harm
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(MTE Category:Multicultural Toronto English#BLESS, slang Category:English slang#BLESS) To give or send.
Could you bless me the link for the original post?Category:English terms with usage examples#BLESS

I'm actually marved right now, can you bless me some cash?Category:English terms with usage examples#BLESS
- 2021 April 13, u/saltymotherfker, “Popular male in a Toronto high school starterpack”, in Reddit‎, r/starterpacks, archived from the original on 3 December 2023:
  Ahlie fam ¶ Do u have grabba? ¶ Bless me a change for the ttc
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- 2022 July 28, u/RedditUser19070203, “First ever car at 19! Tried my best to negotiate how did I do? That stupid 1 year anti theft was forced and I couldn't remove it. Did get a 650 rebate on a Jetta which is pretty tough tbh”, in Reddit‎, r/jetta, archived from the original on 3 December 2023:
  How in the hell did you find that out LOL😂. Are you a working man there? If so, bless me a discount bro. If not yeah Pickering is the way to go. Went to Whitby and Toronto wasn't that good
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- 2022 August 7, u/introverted_logician, “Anyone know any Canadian sneaker YouTubers?”, in Reddit‎, r/SneakersCanada, archived from the original on 3 December 2023:
  Lmao can you bless me a Foam runner w retail price man🙃. I wear size 9 lol. Huge fan of your channel.
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- 2022 September 28, u/MyTorontoAccount, “Did anyone get presale code yet”, in Reddit‎, r/torontoraptors, archived from the original on 3 December 2023:
  Someone bless me a code
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(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#BLESS) To approve of or assent to.
After those modifications, the Board blessed the reorganization plan.Category:English terms with usage examples#BLESS
(Philippines Category:Philippine English#BLESS) To perform the mano gesture; taking of an elder's hand to press it to one's forehead or kiss it (as a sign of respect)
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Mano (gesture)
Wikipedia

You should bless your relatives, because they arrived here already.Category:English terms with usage examples#BLESS

Antonyms

curse
condemn
(antonym(s) of “programming”): unbless

Related terms

Descendants

Sranan Tongo: blesi, bresi

Translations

confer blessing on

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Afrikaans: seënCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#BLESS
Albanian: bekoj (sq)Category:Terms with Albanian translations#BLESS
Amharic: ባረከ (baräkä)Category:Terms with Amharic translations#BLESS
Arabic: بَارَكَ (bāraka)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BLESS
Egyptian Arabic: بارك (bārik)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#BLESS
Aragonese: bendicirCategory:Terms with Aragonese translations#BLESS
Armenian: օրհնել (hy) (ōrhnel)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#BLESS
Asturian: bendicirCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#BLESS
Basque: bedeinkatuCategory:Terms with Basque translations#BLESS
Belarusian: бласлаўля́ць impf (blaslawljácʹ)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BLESS, благаславі́ць pf (blahaslavícʹ)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BLESS
Bulgarian: благосла́вям (bg) impf (blagoslávjam)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BLESS, благословя́ (bg) pf (blagoslovjá)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BLESS
Catalan: beneir (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#BLESS
Chinese:
Mandarin: 保佑 (zh) (bǎoyòu)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BLESS Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BLESS, 佑 (zh) (yòu)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BLESS Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BLESS, 福 (zh) (fú)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BLESS Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BLESS, 祝福 (zh) (zhùfú)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BLESS Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BLESS
Czech: žehnat (cs) impfCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BLESS, požehnat pfCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BLESS
Danish: velsigneCategory:Terms with Danish translations#BLESS, (archaic) signeCategory:Terms with Danish translations#BLESS
Dutch: zegenen (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#BLESS
Elfdalian: welsingenCategory:Terms with Elfdalian translations#BLESS
Esperanto: beniCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#BLESS
Estonian: õnnistamaCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#BLESS
Faroese: vælsignaCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#BLESS, signaCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#BLESS
Finnish: siunata (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BLESS
French: bénir (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BLESS
Old French: beneïrCategory:Terms with Old French translations#BLESS
Friulian: benedîCategory:Terms with Friulian translations#BLESS, binidîCategory:Terms with Friulian translations#BLESS
Galician: bendicir (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#BLESS
Georgian: ლოცვა (locva)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#BLESS
German: segnen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BLESS, (obsolete) benedeien (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BLESS
Gothic: 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þiuþjan)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#BLESS, 𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (audagjan)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#BLESS
Greek: ευλογώ (el) (evlogó)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BLESS
Ancient Greek: εὐλογέω (eulogéō)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#BLESS, μακαρίζω (makarízō)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#BLESS
Greenlandic: pilluaqquaaCategory:Terms with Greenlandic translations#BLESS
Haitian Creole: beniCategory:Terms with Haitian Creole translations#BLESS
Hebrew: בירך \ בֵּרֵךְ \ בֵּרַךְ (berákh)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#BLESS
Hungarian: megáld (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BLESS
Icelandic: blessaCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#BLESS
Ido: benedikar (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#BLESS
Indonesian: berkat (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#BLESS
Ingrian: siunataCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#BLESS, slaaviaCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#BLESS
Interlingua: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Interlingua#BLESS
Italian: benedire (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#BLESS
Japanese: 恵む (ja) (めぐむ, megumu)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BLESS, 祝福する (ja) (しゅくふくする, shukufuku suru)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BLESS
Kabuverdianu: abensuaCategory:Terms with Kabuverdianu translations#BLESS, abênsuaCategory:Terms with Kabuverdianu translations#BLESS, bensuáCategory:Terms with Kabuverdianu translations#BLESS
Kazakh: жарылқау (jarylqau)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#BLESS
Khmer: ប្រទានពរ (brâtéanpôr)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#BLESS
Komi:
Komi-Zyrian: бурсины (burśiny)Category:Terms with Komi-Zyrian translations#BLESS
Korean: 축복하다 (ko) (chukbokhada)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BLESS
Latin: benedīcōCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BLESS
Latvian: svētītCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BLESS
Luxembourgish: seenenCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#BLESS
Macedonian: благословува impf (blagoslovuva)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BLESS, благослови pf (blagoslovi)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BLESS
Malayalam: അനുഗ്രഹിക്കുക (ml) (anugrahikkuka)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#BLESS, ആശീർവദിക്കുക (ml) (āśīṟvadikkuka)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#BLESS
Maltese: bierekCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#BLESS
Māori: karakiaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BLESS, whakamānawaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BLESS, whakapaiCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BLESS
Mari:
Eastern Mari: саеш пӱраш (saješ püraš)Category:Terms with Eastern Mari translations#BLESS, сугыньлаш (sugyńlaš)Category:Terms with Eastern Mari translations#BLESS

Western Mari: согоньым пуаш (sogońym puaš)Category:Terms with Western Mari translations#BLESS
Middle English: blessenCategory:Terms with Middle English translations#BLESS
Mongolian: адислах (mn) (adislax)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#BLESS, өршөөх (mn) (öršööx)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#BLESS
Norman: béniCategory:Terms with Norman translations#BLESS
Norwegian: velsigne (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian translations#BLESS, signaCategory:Terms with Norwegian translations#BLESS, blessaCategory:Terms with Norwegian translations#BLESS
Persian: برکت دادن (barekat dâdan)Category:Terms with Persian translations#BLESS
Polish: błogosławić (pl) impfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BLESS
Portuguese: abençoar (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#BLESS, bendizer (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#BLESS, benzer (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#BLESS
Quechua: ch'allayCategory:Terms with Quechua translations#BLESS
Romanian: binecuvânta (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#BLESS, blagoslovi (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#BLESS
Romansh: benedirCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#BLESS, banadirCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#BLESS, banadeirCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#BLESS
Russian: благословля́ть (ru) impf (blagoslovljátʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BLESS, благослови́ть (ru) pf (blagoslovítʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BLESS
Sami:
Northern Sami: buressivdniditCategory:Terms with Northern Sami translations#BLESS
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: благосло̀вити pfCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BLESS

Latin: blagoslòviti (sh) pfCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BLESS
Sicilian: binidìciriCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#BLESS, a-binidìciriCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#BLESS
Slovak: žehnať impfCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#BLESS, požehnať pfCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#BLESS
Slovene: blagosloviti (sl) pfCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#BLESS
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: žohnować (hsb) impfCategory:Terms with Upper Sorbian translations#BLESS, požohnować (hsb) pfCategory:Terms with Upper Sorbian translations#BLESS
Spanish: bendecir (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#BLESS
Sranan Tongo: blesiCategory:Terms with Sranan Tongo translations#BLESS, bresiCategory:Terms with Sranan Tongo translations#BLESS, seigiCategory:Terms with Sranan Tongo translations#BLESS
Swedish: välsigna (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#BLESS
Telugu: దీవించు (te) (dīviñcu)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#BLESS
Thai: อวยพร (uai-pɔɔn)Category:Terms with Thai translations#BLESS
Tigrinya: ባረኸ (baräxä)Category:Terms with Tigrinya translations#BLESS
Turkish: kutsamak (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BLESS, takdis etmek (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BLESS
Udmurt: козманы (kozmany)Category:Terms with Udmurt translations#BLESS
Ukrainian: благословля́ти (uk) impf (blahoslovljáty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BLESS, благослови́ти (uk) pf (blahoslovýty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BLESS
Uzbek: alqamoq (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#BLESS
Venetan: benedir (vec)Category:Terms with Venetan translations#BLESS
Vietnamese: chúc phúcCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BLESS, giáng phúc (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BLESS, ban phúcCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BLESS
Welsh: bendithio (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#BLESS
Zazaki: teqdis kerdenCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#BLESS, mıbarek kerdenCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#BLESS

To honour as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.

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Māori: whakamānawaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BLESS
Middle English: blessenCategory:Terms with Middle English translations#BLESS

Etymology 2

An ellipsis for an expression such as bless your heart.

Interjection

blessCategory:English lemmas#BLESS Category:English interjections#BLESS Category:English entries with incorrect language header#BLESS Category:Pages with entries#BLESS Category:Pages with 3 entries#BLESS

(UK Category:British English#BLESS, Canada Category:Canadian English#BLESS, informal Category:English informal terms#BLESS) Used as an expression of endearment, gratitude, or (ironically) belittlement.
- 1998, Peter Coffey, “New Alternative View Of Atomic Structure”, in sci.chem (Usenet):
  Ah bless! You must be the welcoming committee for anyone who dares express ignorance.
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- 2000, Hellraiser, uk.people.teens (Usenet):
  oh bless. *hug* that is not true. nobody here bears a grudge against 13 year old dear or against you.
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- 2001, Will, “Am I still here?”, in uk.religion.pagan (Usenet):
  Aw bless... have white chocolate fudge muffin....a new batch.... made them last night after Nigella....
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Anagrams

ESBLs, slebs

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Icelandic

Etymology

Presumably a clipping related to the greeting vertu blessaður (literally “be blessed”), compare English God bless.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈplɛs/Category:Icelandic 1-syllable words#BLESS Category:Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation#BLESS

This entry needs an audio pronunciation. If you are a native speaker with a microphone, please record this word. The recorded pronunciation will appear here when it's ready.

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Interjection

blessCategory:Icelandic lemmas#BLESS Category:Icelandic interjections#BLESS Category:Icelandic entries with incorrect language header#BLESS Category:Pages with entries#BLESS Category:Pages with 3 entries#BLESS

goodbye, bye
Synonyms: vertu blessaður; vertu bless; bless bless; (informal) bæ

Antonyms: halló; (informal) hæ

Related terms

blessi þig (“bless you, gesundheit”)
blessaður! (“greetings!”)Category:Icelandic links with redundant target parameters#BLESS
sæll og blessaður! (“greetings!”)Category:Icelandic links with redundant target parameters#BLESS

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Yola

to bless
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 14, pages 90^[1]:
  Zo bless all oore frends, an God zpeed ee plowe.
  So bless all our friends, and God speed the plough.
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- 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, lines 7^[2]:
  "Gud bless thee mee gurles," hay zaid, "own an aal."
  "God bless you, my children," he said, "one and all."
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References

↑ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867
↑ Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎, volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

[1] Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867

[2] Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎, volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

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bless

English

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Etymology 2

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Icelandic

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Yola

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