English
Alternative spellings
blessed
blessèd (Archaic)
Pronunciation
IPA: /blɛst/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɛst|-ɛst
Verb
blest
- archaic alternate spelling of "blessed", the past tense and past participle of "bless"
:c.1594: William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
:: Doth she not count her blest, / Unworthy as she is, that we have wrought / So worthy a gentleman to be her bridegroom?
:1850 Jane Eyre: Charlotte Bronte
:: I hold myself supremely blest — blest beyond what language can express; because I am my husband's life as fully as he is mine.
Related terms
blessèd
it:blest
pl:blest
vi:blest
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