Meaning

• To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.

• To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.

• To invoke divine favor upon.

• To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.

• To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.

• To wave; to brandish.

• (past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.

• (with from) To secure, defend, or prevent from.