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To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate |
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To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer
prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to. |
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To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to
invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons. |
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To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities
upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food. |
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To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's
self). |
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To guard; to keep; to protect. |
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To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences. |
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To esteem or account happy; to felicitate. |
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To wave; to brandish. |