1. Give a benediction to
   "The dying man blessed his son"
    
2. Confer prosperity or happiness on
   "May fortune bless your endeavours"; "The rain blessed the drought-stricken farmland"
    
3. Make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
   "The priest blessed the congregation before dismissing them";
   - sign
    
4. Render holy by means of religious rites
   "The priest blessed the new church building";
   - consecrate, hallow, sanctify

1. Expression of indulgent sympathy, or appreciation of something cute
   "Bless, he's trying so hard to tie his shoelaces"

Derived forms: blessed, blesses, blessing

Type of: arouse, bestow, bring up, call down, call forth, confer, conjure, conjure up, declare, evoke, gesticulate, gesture, invoke, motion, pronounce, raise

Antonym: anathemize, unhallow

Encyclopedia: Bless, Bill