blest 音标拼音: [bl'ɛst]
a . 神圣的,幸福的,成功的
神圣的,幸福的,成功的
blest adj 1 :
highly favored or fortunate (
as e .
g .
by divine grace );
"
our blessed land "; "
the blessed assurance of a steady income " [
synonym : {
blessed }, {
blest }] [
ant : {
cursed },
{
curst }]
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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Blest \
Blest \,
a .
Blessed . "
This patriarch blest ." --
Milton .
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White these blest sounds my ravished ear assail .
--
Trumbull .
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