bless
verb (used with object)
to consecrate or sanctify by a religious rite; make or pronounce holy.
has blest
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present perfectof bless (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Can I ever become indifferent to the man who has blest me with the most enthusiastic and ardent passion?
From Hortense Makers of History Series by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
Pope says very truly: "There are whom heaven has blest with store of wit; Yet want as much again to govern it."
From Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works by Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield
The sour critic thinks of his rival: "When Heaven with such parts has blest him, Have I not reason to detest him?"
From Character by Samuel Smiles
The doctrine of pre-existence is not a fable, yet to have lived two lives belongs only to a chosen few, or those whom a fortuitous circumstance has blest.
From Strange Visitors by Henry J. Horn
Whose love my early life has blest; Of thee and him, our baby son, Who slumbers on thy gentle breast.
From Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 by Anonymous
