<OL TYPE="1"><LI>to praise, celebrate with praises<LI>to invoke blessings<LI>to consecrate a thing with solemn prayers<OL TYPE="a"><LI>to ask God's blessing on a thing<LI>pray God to bless it to one's use<LI>pronounce a consecratory blessing on</OL><LI>of God<OL TYPE="a"><LI>to cause to prosper, to make happy, to bestow blessings on<LI>favoured of God, blessed</OL></OL>