blessed

Definitions

1. 1

   Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.

   • Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
   • You're pushing my love / A little bit too far / I don't think you know, I don't think you know how blessed you are / And your friend Annie Mae / Tell you all she see / Have you ever thought she was trying to get close to me?
2. 2

   A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of…

   A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.

3. 3

   Held in veneration

   Held in veneration; revered.

   • ‘My blessed Public must have a pretty girl’s face. Romance isn’t romance, adventure is as dull as dishwater...to my Public...unless, every so often, a face to sink a thousand ships, or is it saps? shows up.’
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   1. 4

      Worthy of worship

      Worthy of worship; holy.

   2. 5

      Elect or saved after death

      Elect or saved after death; hence (euphemistic) dead.

      • I know—for Death, who comes for me From regions of the blest afar, Where there is nothing to deceive, Hath left his iron gate ajar, […]
   3. 6

      damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial)

      • Not one blessed person offered to help me out.
      • I'm blessed if I'm going to drive all that way at this time of night.
   4. 7

      simple past and past participle of bless

   5. 8

      A surname.

   6. 9

      An epithet indicating that a person has been beatified.

   7. 10

      Alternative letter-case form of blessed used when referring to an important figure, such…

      Alternative letter-case form of blessed used when referring to an important figure, such as God, or to an important item or event.

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