English English Dictionary

To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate

To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.

To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.

To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.

To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).

To guard; to keep; to protect.

To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.

To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.

To wave; to brandish.