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祝福,幸事;保佑,保護,准許

資料來源 : 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.

Blessing \Bless"ing\, n. [AS. bletsung. See {Bless}, v. t.]
   1. The act of one who blesses.

   2. A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring
      divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish
      of happiness pronounces.

            This is the blessing, where with Moses the man of
            God blessed the children of Israel.   --Deut.
                                                  xxxiii. 1.

   3. A means of happiness; that which promotes prosperity and
      welfare; a beneficent gift.

            Nature's full blessings would be well dispensed.
                                                  --Milton.

   4. (Bib.) A gift. [A Hebraism] --Gen. xxxiii. 11.

   5. Grateful praise or worship.

資料來源 : WordNet®

blessing
     n 1: the formal act of giving approval; "he gave the project his
          blessing"; "his decision merited the approval of any
          sensible person" [syn: {approval}, {approving}] [ant: {disapproval}]
     2: a desirable state; "enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a
        spanking breeze is a boon to sailors" [syn: {boon}]
     3: a short prayer of thanks before a meal [syn: {grace}, {thanksgiving}]
     4: a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection [syn: {benediction}]
     5: the act of praying for divine protection [syn: {benediction}]