v. 25B6; verb
the chaplain blessed the couple : ASK/INVOKE GOD'S FAVOUR FOR, give a benediction for.
the Cardinal blessed the memorial plaque : CONSECRATE, sanctify, dedicate (to God), make holy, make sacred; formal hallow.
bless the name of the Lord : PRAISE, worship, glorify, honour, exalt, pay homage to, venerate, reverence, hallow; archaic magnify.
the gods blessed us with magical voices : ENDOW, bestow, furnish, accord, give, favour, grace; confer on; poetic/literary endue.
I bless the day you came here : GIVE THANKS FOR, be grateful for, thank; appreciate.
the government refused to bless the undertaking : SANCTION, consent to, endorse, agree to, approve, back, support; informal give the thumbs up to, give the green light to, OK.
curse, trouble, rue, oppose.