"God-bless" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: God-blesses [present, singular, third-person], God-blessing [participle, present], God-blessed [participle, past], God-blessed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|God-blesses|God-blessing|God-blessed|God-blessed}} God-bless (third-person singular simple present God-blesses, present participle God-blessing, simple past and past participle God-blessed)
  1. (transitive) To utter the phrase God bless you to someone. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-God-bless-en-verb-kbVriNK2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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