v. t. - To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
v. t. - To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
v. t. - To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
v. t. - To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
v. t. - To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
v. t. - To guard; to keep; to protect.
v. t. - To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
v. t. - To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
v. t. - To wave; to brandish.