Complete Definition of "blest"

English

Alternative spellings
blessed
blessèd (Archaic)

Pronunciation
IPA: /bl�st/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�st|-�st

Verb
blest

  1. 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
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