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Meaning of bless

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  bless
      v 1: give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son"
           [ant: {anathemise}, {anathemize}, {bedamn}, {beshrew},
           {curse}, {damn}, {imprecate}, {maledict}]
      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: {bless}, {sign}]
      4: render holy by means of religious rites [syn: {consecrate},
         {bless}, {hallow}, {sanctify}] [ant: {deconsecrate},
         {desecrate}, {unhallow}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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