Bless

1. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
2. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
3. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
4. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
6. To guard; to keep; to protect.
7. To wave; to brandish.
8. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
9. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate