| blessed | 1. Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy. "O, run; prevent them with thy humble ode, 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." (Shak) 3. Imparting happiness or bliss; fraught with happiness; blissful; joyful. "Then was a blessed time." "So blessed a disposition." 4. Enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or heavenly felicity; as, the blessed in heaven. "Reverenced like a blessed saint." (Shak) "Cast out from God and blessed vision." (Milton) 5. Beatified. 6. Used euphemistically, ironically, or intensively. "Not a blessed man came to set her [a boat] free." (R. D. Blackmore) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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