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Grammar : Adj
Spell : bles-id; especially for 3, 7 blest
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblɛs ɪd; especially for 3, 7 blɛst

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Définition of blessed

Origin :
  • late 12c., "supremely happy," also "consecrated" (c.1200), past participle adjective from bless (v.). Reversed or ironic sense of "cursed, damned" is recorded from 1806. Related: Blessedly; blessedness.
  • adj sanctified
  • adj happy
Example sentences :
  • "Oh, blessed be the sound of your voice," replied the peasant.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • How ungrateful to that God, who blessed them with such talents!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • But for her it was a blessed release, and we can only be thankful.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • She'll be here this blessed day as I'm speakin' to you, miss!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The blessed Savior was persecuted in his very infancy and had to be hid by his parents.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • Out of your bed and down on your knees to your own blessed father, and confess your sins.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • But how blessed a thing that God will judge us and man shall not!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • We have yet learned but little of the blessed power of death.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The church seemed empty to them, as the Blessed Sacrament was no longer there.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • "It's on a string round me neck this blessed minute," said Katy.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

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