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Webster 1913 Edition
Blessed
Bless′ed
(blĕs′ĕd)
, Adj.
1.
Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy.
O, run; prevent them with thy humble ode,
And lay it lowly at his
And lay it lowly at his
blessed
feet. Milton.
2.
Enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings; happy; highly favored.
All generations shall call me
blessed
. Luke i. 48.
Towards England’s
blessed
shore. Shakespeare
3.
Imparting happiness or bliss; fraught with happiness; blissful; joyful.
“Then was a blessed time.” “So blessed a disposition.” Shak.
4.
Enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or heavenly felicity;
as, the
. blessed
in heavenReverenced like a
blessed
saint. Shakespeare
Cast out from God and
blessed
vision. Milton.
5.
(R. C. Ch.)
Beatified.
6.
Used euphemistically, ironically, or intensively.
Not a
blessed
man came to set her [a boat] free. R. D. Blackmore.
Webster 1828 Edition
Blessed
BLESS'ED
,pp.
BLESS'ED
,Adj.
Blessed-Thistle. A plant of the genus Cnicus, sometimes used in decoctions, for a bitter.