Meaning & use
Blest
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Blessed; favored with happiness, good fortune, or divine grace (an archaic or poetic past participle of 'bless').
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Thrice blest is the household that welcomes a stranger, the old proverb goes.
They counted themselves blest to have found such loyal friends.
A note on using this word
A contracted, older form of 'blessed,' still found in hymns, poetry, and formal or archaic writing.
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