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| VERB | 1 | bless | Give a benediction to |
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| 2 | bless | Confer prosperity or happiness on | |
| 3 | bless, sign | Make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection | |
| 4 | bless, consecrate, hallow, sanctify | Render holy by means of religious rites |
| Sounds | bleh's |
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| Rhymes | ABS, abscess, access, and 73 more rhymes in ehs... |
| Meaning | Give a benediction to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "The dying man blessed his son" |
| Contrary | curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict |
| Broader | raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth |
| Narrower | anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocate |
| Nouns | blessing; blessing |
| Meaning | Confer prosperity or happiness on. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Broader | confer, bestow |
| Meaning | Make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection. Consecrate. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | sign |
| Broader | gesticulate, gesture, motion |
| Meaning | Render holy by means of religious rites. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | consecrate, hallow, sanctify |
| Contrary | desecrate, unhallow, deconsecrate |
| Broader | declare |
| Narrower | reconsecrate |
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