blest

English

Alternative forms

blessed
blessèd (Archaic)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /blɛst/
Rhymes: -ɛst

Verb

blest

Archaic spelling of blessed: simple 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, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre:
  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

Anagrams

belts, blets

Middle English

Noun

blest

Alternative form of blast

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