1. The act of one who blesses.
2. A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces. This is the blessing, where with Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel. Deut. xxxiii. 1.
3. A means of happiness; that which promotes prosperity and welfare; a beneficent gift. Nature's full blessings would be well dispensed. Milton.
4. (Bib.)
Defn: A gift. [A Hebraism] Gen. xxxiii. 11.
5. Grateful praise or worship.
BLEST
Blest, a.
Defn: Blessed. "This patriarch blest." Milton.
White these blest sounds my ravished ear assail. Trumbull.
BLET
Blet, n. Etym: [F. blet, blette, a., soft from over ripeness.]
Defn: A form of decay in fruit which is overripe.