bless
verb (used with object)
to consecrate or sanctify by a religious rite; make or pronounce holy.
have blest
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present perfectof bless.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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The Gods have blest my rite to-day, And with the sight of thee repaid The preparations I have made.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
I will here add two American anecdotes whereby it might seem that heretofore I have unwittingly jilted Fortune when she would have blest me with her favour.
From My Life as an Author by Martin Farquhar Tupper
He passed on then, with a melancholy nod and averted eyes, but Vaughan could have blest him for that "we."
From Chippinge Borough by Stanley J. Weyman
She loves him, she is loved by him; Heaven would have blest their union.
From Samuel Brohl and Company by Victor Cherbuliez
During the whole of my journey three nights out of four I have fallen asleep struggling and resolving to lie awake, and, awaking, have blest the scream which delivered me from the reluctant sleep….
From Poems of Coleridge by Arthur Symons
