| VERB | communication | bless | give a benediction to |
|---|---|---|---|
| possession | bless | confer prosperity or happiness on | |
| communication | bless, sign | make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection | |
| communication | bless, consecrate, hallow, sanctify | render holy by means of religious rites |
| Sounds | bleh's | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ABS ... yes: 78 rhymes with ehs... | |
| Meaning | Give a benediction to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The dying man blessed his son" | |
| Narrower | anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocate | Administer an oil or ointment to |
| Broader | raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth | Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic |
| Opposite | curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict | wish harm upon |
| Spanish | bendecir | |
| Catalan | beneir | |
| Nouns | blessing | the act of praying for divine protection |
| blessing | a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection | |
| Meaning | confer prosperity or happiness on. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Broader | confer, bestow | Present |
| Spanish | bendecir, favorecer | |
| Catalan | afavorir, beneir | |
| Meaning | make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | sign | |
| Broader | gesticulate, gesture, motion | show, express or direct through movement |
| Spanish | bendecir, persignarse | |
| Meaning | Render holy by means of religious rites. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | consecrate, hallow, sanctify | |
| Narrower | reconsecrate | consecrate anew, as after a desecration |
| Broader | declare | state emphatically and authoritatively |
| Opposite | desecrate, unhallow, deconsecrate | Remove the consecration from a person or an object |
| Spanish | consagrar, halloween, santificar | |
| Catalan | santificar | |
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