Definitions for blest

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IPA: /blɛst/

Blest is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in blest (belst).

Definitions for blest

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of bless.

adjective

1. blessed.

verb (used with object)

1. to consecrate or sanctify by a religious rite; make or pronounce holy.
2. to request of God the bestowal of divine favor on:
3. to bestow good of any kind upon:
4. to extol as holy; glorify:
5. to protect or guard from evil (usually used as an interjection):
6. to condemn or curse:
7. to make the sign of the cross over or upon:

Origin of blest

before 950; Middle English blessen, Old English blētsian, blēdsian to consecrate, orig. with blood, earlier *blōdisōian (blōd blood + -isō- derivational suffix + -ia

Examples for blest

Talk of births and of those who are likely to be blest with them!

Even our open-eyed Jewish idealist has been blest with ignorance of the actual.

For about half an hour it was all over us, and I'm blest if I know why nobody was hit.

"blest if I can get alongside the pavement then," he grumbled.

blest if I remember—summat or other; knocked, and no one came.

One of these hours my dear Clarinda blest me with yesternight.

There is but a thin veil that parts us from the beatic vision of the blest.

When his time comes he shall depart in peace to the islands of the blest.

"I'm blest if I know what to think of it," said Whiteside, scratching his head.

Your friendship much can make me blest, O why that bliss destroy!