Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bless
Participle: blessed
Gerund: blessing
Indicative
Present
| I | bless |
| you | bless |
| he;she;it | blesss |
| we | bless |
| you | bless |
| they | bless |
Perfect
| I | have blessed; blest |
| you | have blessed; blest |
| he;she;it | has blessed; blest |
| we | have blessed; blest |
| you | have blessed; blest |
| they | have blessed; blest |
Past
| I | blessed |
| you | blessed |
| he;she;it | blessed |
| we | blessed |
| you | blessed |
| they | blessed |
Pluperfect
| I | had blessed; blest |
| you | had blessed; blest |
| he;she;it | had blessed; blest |
| we | had blessed; blest |
| you | had blessed; blest |
| they | had blessed; blest |
Future
| I | will bless |
| you | will bless |
| he;she;it | will bless |
| we | will bless |
| you | will bless |
| they | will bless |
Future Perfect
| I | will have blessed; blest |
| you | will have blessed; blest |
| he;she;it | will have blessed; blest |
| we | will have blessed; blest |
| you | will have blessed; blest |
| they | will have blessed; blest |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bless |
| you | bless |
| he;she;it | bless |
| we | bless |
| you | bless |
| they | bless |
Perfect
| I | have blessed; blest |
| you | have blessed; blest |
| he;she;it | have blessed; blest |
| we | have blessed; blest |
| you | have blessed; blest |
| they | have blessed; blest |
Imperfect
| I | blessed |
| you | blessed |
| he;she;it | blessed |
| we | blessed |
| you | blessed |
| they | blessed |
Pluperfect
| I | had blessed; blest |
| you | had blessed; blest |
| he;she;it | had blessed; blest |
| we | had blessed; blest |
| you | had blessed; blest |
| they | had blessed; blest |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bless |
| you | would bless |
| he;she;it | would bless |
| we | would bless |
| you | would bless |
| they | would bless |
Perfect
| I | would have blessed; blest |
| you | would have blessed; blest |
| he;she;it | would have blessed; blest |
| we | would have blessed; blest |
| you | would have blessed; blest |
| they | would have blessed; blest |
Imperative
| you | bless |
| we | Let's bless |
| you | bless |
Verbs conjugated like 'bless'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bless'
blesh,
less,
bass,
best,
blast,
bleam,
blear,
bleat,
bleb,
blech,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
bletsian, bledsian, Northumbrian
bloedsian "to consecrate, make holy," from P.Gmc.
*blothisojan "mark with blood," from
*blotham "blood" (see blood). Originally a blood sprinkling on pagan altars. This word was chosen in O.E. bibles to translate L.
benedicere and Gk.
eulogein, both of which have a ground sense of "to speak well of, to praise," but were used in Scripture to translate Heb.
brk "to bend (the knee), worship, praise, invoke blessings." Meaning shifted in late O.E. toward "to confer happiness, well-being," by resemblance to unrelated
bliss. No cognates in other languages.
Blessing is O.E.
bledsung.
2. From Middle English blessen, from Old English bletsian (“to consecrate (with blood)”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdisōn (“to sprinkle, mark or hallow with blood”), from Proto-Germanic *blōþą (“blood”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom”). Cognate with Old Norse bleza (“to bless”) (whence Icelandic blessa), Old English blēdan (“to bleed”). More at bleed. See: Middle English '
blessen', Old English '
bletsian', Icelandic '
blessa'.
Verbs referencing "bless"
Sranan
blesi.
Sample Sentences
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“ I 'm afraid not. ” “ Lor bless ye, yes ! These critters ain't like white folks, you know; they gets over things, only manage right. Now, they say, ” said Haley, assuming a candid and confidential air, “ that this kind o ’ trade [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] his mother, finding himself an object of general admiration, threw in expositions of his own, from time to time, with a commendable seriousness and gravity, for which he was admired by the young and blessed by the old; and it was agreed, on all hands, that “ a minister couldn't lay it off better than he did; that ’ t was reely ’ mazin ’ ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ O, Missis ! dear Missis ! don't think me ungrateful,—don't think hard of me, any way,—I heard all you and master said tonight. I am going to try to save my boy—you will not blame me ! God bless and reward you for all your kindness ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Lord bless you ! — I 'm skeered to look at ye, Lizy ! Are ye tuck sick, or what's come over ye ? ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Sam, how often must I tell you not to say ‘Lord bless you, and the Lord knows, ’ and such things ? It's wicked. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Lord bless us, Mas’r, ” said Sam, in a tone of the deepest concern, “ and me that has been racin ’ and chasin ’ till the sweat jest pours off me ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] startin ’ on now till arter dinner. Mas’r's hoss wants rubben down; see how he splashed hisself; and Jerry limps too; don't think Missis would be willin ’ to have us start dis yer way, no how. Lord bless you, Mas’r, we can ketch up, if we do stop. Lizy never was no great of a walker. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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There are in this world blessed souls, whose sorrows all spring up into joys for others; whose earthly hopes, laid in the grave with many tears, are the seed from which spring healing flowers and balm for the desolate and the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] would have mingled with his professional recollections the most detestable cant; but I am very much mistaken if he could have surpassed the unmitigated hypocrisy with which he declared that he blessed the day on which he came into that prison, and that he never would commit another robbery as long as he lived.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Tom looked up. It was not in nature to look into that gay, young, handsome face, without a feeling of pleasure; and Tom felt the tears start in his eyes as he said, heartily, “ God bless you, Mas’r ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)