blessing
substantivoverbocorrente nos diálogos
- //ˈblɛs.ɪŋ//
Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.
substantivo
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Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.
Henceforth, wherever thou may’st roam, My blessing, like a line of light, Is on the waters day and night, And like a beacon guards thee home.
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A pronouncement invoking divine aid.
Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
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Good fortune.
He was given blessings hoping he would pass his final exam.
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A modern pagan ceremony.
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The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.
We will not proceed without the executive director's blessing.
Jocasta had my blessing when she seduced you, you stuck-up piffler.
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Something someone is glad of.
After two weeks of sun, last night's rainfall was a blessing.
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A prayer before a meal; grace.
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A group of unicorns.
And since we’re laying out our wishes, we’d also like a blessing of unicorns and one million dollars.
Then a blessing of unicorns charged into the studio, and I was carried away to be re-educated.
She just wants to talk to her friends on www.unicornwillsaveus.com or write in her journal or flump on her bedroom floor with her blessing of unicorns: her posters, figurines, stickers, temporary tattoos of anatomically correct unicorns.
Etimologia
From Middle English blessinge, blessynge, from Old English blētsung, blēdsung (“a blessing”), equivalent to bless + -ing.
verbo
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Também uma forma de blesspresent participle and gerund of bless
Formas
- plural
- blessings
blessing · Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.
Blessing · A surname.Blew · A surname.blimey · Used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.