See blessen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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[
"divine",
"divine#English"
],
[
"favour",
"favour#English"
],
[
"bestow",
"bestow"
],
[
"assure",
"assure"
],
[
"salvation",
"salvation"
],
[
"allow",
"allow"
],
[
"heaven",
"heaven"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To praise or thank; to express gratitude towards:",
"To praise in worship."
],
"links": [
[
"praise",
"praise"
],
[
"thank",
"thank"
],
[
"express",
"express"
],
[
"gratitude",
"gratitude"
],
[
"worship",
"worship"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To praise or thank; to express gratitude towards:",
"(of a deity or saint) To praise in worship."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a deity or saint"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To praise or thank; to express gratitude towards:",
"To confer happiness or satisfaction upon."
],
"links": [
[
"praise",
"praise"
],
[
"thank",
"thank"
],
[
"express",
"express"
],
[
"gratitude",
"gratitude"
],
[
"confer",
"confer"
],
[
"happiness",
"happiness"
],
[
"satisfaction",
"satisfaction"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To save or guard from misfortune or iniquity."
],
"links": [
[
"save",
"save"
],
[
"guard",
"guard"
],
[
"misfortune",
"misfortune"
],
[
"iniquity",
"iniquity"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To invest as a ruler or cleric."
],
"links": [
[
"invest",
"invest"
],
[
"ruler",
"ruler"
],
[
"cleric",
"cleric"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) To invest as a ruler or cleric."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈblɛsən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈblisən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈblɛts(i)ən/",
"tags": [
"Early-Middle-English"
]
}
],
"word": "blessen"
}
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