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In some senses, blest is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
blest
/blɛst/
verb 1adj 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
beyond, flowing, majestic
VERB + BLEST
hold
BLEST + NOUN
language, nature's
PREP.
with
ADV.
supremely
Definitions
verb
1
Archaic spelling of blessed.
Cradled by majestic mountains Blest with nature's flowing fountains
adj
1
Archaic spelling of blessed.
Is ſhe not proud? doth ſhe not count her bleſt, / Vnworthy as ſhe is, that we haue wrought / So worthy a Gentleman to be her Bride?
Since fate has let the heart go free / That wish’d so warmly to be bound / By the tie which love eternally / Hath fail’d to fasten round, / Leaving the breast in woful thrall / That else had the blestest been of all.
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Cradled by majestic mountains Blest with nature's flowing fountains
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Is ſhe not proud? doth ſhe not count her bleſt, / Vnworthy as ſhe is, that we haue wrought / So worthy a Gentleman to be her Bride?
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Since fate has let the heart go free / That wish’d so warmly to be bound / By the tie which love eternally / Hath fail’d to fasten round, / Leaving the breast in woful thrall / That else had the blest
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I hold myself supremely blest—blest beyond what language can express; because I am my husband’s life as fully as he is mine.
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