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Smiled on from above (var.)
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blest
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. (archaic spelling of blessed nodot=1 English): (en-past of: bless ) vb. (archaic spelling of blessed nodot=1 English): (en-past of: bless )
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace); "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income" [syn: blessed ] [ant: cursed ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
alternative past tense and past participle of bless .
Usage examples of blest.
She wrenched her own hand free from his and struck it backward against him, as Lester had struck at Richard, one gesture whether accurst or blest.
But during calms the flies of idle aim Less put the spirit out, less baffle thirst For light than swinish grunters, blest or curst.
She sat leaning forward a little with her hands fallen into her lap, letting her unmastered thoughts play as they would in memories and hopes around the consciousness that she was the happiest girl in the world, and blest beyond desire or desert.
This ferocious goblin lays himself out to catch the souls of bachelors, and so vigilant and alert is he that not a single unmarried Fijian ghost is known to have ever reached the mansions of the blest.
But the few who do find their way into the Fijian Elysium are blest indeed.
He also commanded him, before the people, that he would describe the pains of the impious and the joy of the saints, and that he would speak to the people, that they might believe all that is said of the pains of hell and the joys of the blest to be true.
Beamish and Duchess Susan broke up, and beneath a soft fair sky the ladies, with their silvery chatter of gratitude for amusement, caught Chloe in their arms to kiss her, rendering it natural for their cavaliers to exclaim that Chloe was blest above mortals.
The heart that is blest with the glories of heaven ceaseth not to remember and to love the beauties of this world.
Island Wanderer, with the other excursionists, among the isles of the blest.
The balmy air of spring whispers through the sweet grass, The stars sparkle, the whippoorwill calls, But thou grievest, while my soul lies rapturous In the blest Nirvana of eternal light!
But during calms the flies of idle aim Less put the spirit out, less baffle thirst For light than swinish grunters, blest or curst.
Who sow with loving care What other hands shall reap: They lean on Thee entranced, In calm and perfect rest: Give us that Peace, oh Lord, Divine and blest, Thou keepest for those hearts who love Thee best.
I am certain he will, relinquish, and, if he should not, they are vastly overbalanced by one of the most humane, tender, honest hearts that ever man was blest with.
The sunlands of the West and the spicelands of the East, the smiling Arcadias and blissful Islands of the Blest ha!
In face and shape old Beroe she became, Doryclus' wife, a venerable dame, Once blest with riches, and a mother's name.