a. 1. Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy. [ 1913 Webster ] O, run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings; happy; highly favored. [ 1913 Webster ] All generations shall call me blessed. Luke i. 48. [ 1913 Webster ] Towards England's blessed shore. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Imparting happiness or bliss; fraught with happiness; blissful; joyful. “Then was a blessed time.” “So blessed a disposition.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or heavenly felicity; as, the blessed in heaven. [ 1913 Webster ] Reverenced like a blessed saint. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Cast out from God and blessed vision. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. (R. C. Ch.) Beatified. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. Used euphemistically, ironically, or intensively. [ 1913 Webster ] Not a blessed man came to set her [ a boat ] free. R. D. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ] |