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祝福,感激,保佑,保护

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

            And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.
                                                  --Gen. ii. 3.

   2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity
      or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.

            The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest; It
            blesseth him that gives and him that takes. --Shak.

            It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy
            servant, that it may continue forever before thee.
                                                  --1 Chron.
                                                  xvii. 27 (R.
                                                  V. )

   3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to
      invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.

            Bless them which persecute you.       --Rom. xii.
                                                  14.

   4. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities
      upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.

            Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and
            looking up to heaven, he blessed them. --Luke ix.
                                                  16.

   5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
      [Archaic] --Holinshed.

   6. To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.]

   7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.

            Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within
            me, bless his holy name.              --Ps. ciii. 1.

   8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.

            The nations shall bless themselves in him. --Jer.
                                                  iv. 3.

   9. To wave; to brandish. [Obs.]

            And burning blades about their heads do bless.
                                                  --Spenser.

            Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest.
                                                  --Fairfax.

   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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

bless
     v 1: give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son" [ant:
           {curse}]
     2: confer prosperity or happiness on
     3: make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on
        God for protection; consecrate [syn: {sign}]
     4: render holy by means of religious rites [syn: {consecrate},
        {hallow}, {sanctify}] [ant: {desecrate}]
     [also: {blest}]