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blessed

/ˈblɛsɪd/ adjective B2
  1. Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
  2. A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.
  3. Held in veneration; revered.
  4. Worthy of worship; holy.
  5. Elect or saved after death; hence (euphemistic) dead.
  6. damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial) (informal)
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“Go, my dear boy,” said old Dantès; “and Heaven bless you in your wife, as it has blessed me in my son!”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 18 · C1
“Oh, Marilla, Marilla, say those blessed words again.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 147 · C1
Peter coming up the lane this blessed minute!” exclaimed Mrs.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 57 · C1
It is only that he is blessed with greater sweetness of address, and a stronger desire of generally pleasing, than any other man.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 323 · B2

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