BLESS

vt to praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.

2. bless ·vt to make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).

3. bless ·vt to make or pronounce holy; to consecrate.

4. bless ·vt to esteem or account happy; to felicitate.

5. bless ·vt to wave; to brandish.

6. bless ·vt to guard; to keep; to protect.

7. bless ·vt to express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon;

— applied to persons.

8. bless ·vt to make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.

9. bless ·vt to invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, — as on food.