bless
verb (used with object)
to consecrate or sanctify by a religious rite; make or pronounce holy.
had blest
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past perfectof bless.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The next night He came again with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blest, And lo!
From Mystics and Saints of Islam by Claud Field
My pardon and prayers had prevail'd, I had blest thee, and bade thee farewel!
From Poems by Matilda Betham
The growing realms, behind thy shield that rest, Paternal monarch, still thy power had blest, Enjoy'd the pleasures that surround thy throne, Survey'd thy virtues and improved their own.
From The Columbiad by Joel Barlow
"I am the resurrection and the life," Some old man then would, with a solemn voice, Read from that Bible that so oft had blest The Hermit's solitude with heavenly chear.
From The Isle of Palms and Other Poems by John Lyde Wilson
I dare say one that was as pure and loving as an angel had blest his sleep with her prayers.
From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by George Saintsbury
