Bless

v. t.
  1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
  2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
  3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
  4. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
  5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
  6. To guard; to keep; to protect.
  7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
  8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
  9. To wave; to brandish.
    10. Bless me! Bless us!
    an exclamation of surprise.
    To bless from ,
    to secure, defend, or preserve from.
    To bless with, To be blessed with ,
    to favor or endow with; to be favored or endowed with; as, God blesses us with health; we are blessed with happiness.