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• v  give a benediction to
  The dying man blessed his son
• v  confer prosperity or happiness on
• v  make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
• v  render holy by means of religious rites
• a  highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
  our blessed land
  the blessed assurance of a steady income
• s  worthy of worship
• s  expletives used informally as intensifiers
  not a blessed dime
  I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing
• s  Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
• s  enjoying the bliss of heaven
• s  characterized by happiness and good fortune
  a blessed time

• Jon Stewart presides over Comedy Central's The Daily Show, a blessed wedding of performer and format.
• Already twice blessed by the meat shortage and by exceptionally rich catches (187,000,000 lbs.
• I was blessed with great timing.

• bless
• sign
• consecrate
• hallow
• sanctify
• blest
• Blessed
• blasted
• blame
• blamed
• damn
• damned
• darned
• deuced
• goddam
• goddamn
• goddamned
• infernal
• beatified

• curse
• desecrate
• cursed

News & Articles

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• Coach Garry Stredney retires at Abilene High
  Abilene High School has been blessed with some great coaches over the years, all you have to do is look at the banners hanging in the high school gymnasium.
  June 12, 2013 - Abilene Reflector-Chronicle
• Blessed Sacrament says farewell to Father McCarthy
  On Sunday at Blessed Sacrament Church, a standing room only crowd came out to bid farewell to Father Jeremiah McCarthy, who has been at the church for 17 years.
  June 10, 2013 - WTOC 11 Savannah
• Doctors: Mt. Healthy teen shooting victim "blessed to be alive"
  Doctors at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital told Darlene Roberson that her 14-year-old daughter, Deasia, is blessed to be alive.
  June 10, 2013 - WLWT-TV Cincinnati

Quotes

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• Ricky Martin in The Money Times
  I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am,Martin stated on his website. "These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within, and...
• Lovie Smith in San Francisco Chronicle
  Being the first black coach to lead this team, of course our players knew about it, and they wanted to help us make history,Smith said. "So I feel blessed to be in that position."
• Dwyane Wade in The Associated Press
  We'll see what the best thing is for us to win,Wade told the AP. "I'm going to make a lot of money, no matter what happens. I've been blessed. I'm not counting every dollar and every cent. Let's sit down, let's see what the best thing is...