Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: bleak – bless
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bleak, adv. [see bleak, adj.] (webplay: cold, free).
Miserably; despairingly; wretchedly; despondently; without hope.
bleakness, n. [see bleak, adj.]
Coldness; chilly barrenness; exposure to wind; [fig.] emptiness; aridity; infertility; desolation; starkness.
bleat (-s), v. [OE blætan, imitative of a sheep's sound.]
Cry; beg; plead pitifully; meekly supplicate; ask in a helpless way.
bleating, n. [see bleat, v.]
Crying; plaintive sound; noise made by sheep; [fig.] lamenting; mourning; lugubrious weeping; cries caused by suffering; (see 1 Samuel 15:14).
bleed (-s), v. [OE; see blood, n.] (webplay: death).
Flow; steam; gush; discharge; shed blood; pour out a body's life force; [fig.] grieve; lament; feel deep inner sorrow.
bleeding, adj. [see bleed, v.] (webplay: heart).
Wounded; damaged; dripping blood; [fig.] exhausted; fatigued; suffering; world-weary; drained of life.
bleeding, n. [see bleed, v.] (webplay: drop, pain).
Wound; injury; hurt; gash; [fig.] suffering; Christ's atonement (see Luke 22:44).
blemishless, adj. [OFr blemir, render livid or pale.]
Clean; pure; spotless; perfect; without any defect; [fig.] sinless; in a resurrected state; Christlike (see Ephesians 5:27).
blend (blent), v. [ME; see bland, adj.]
Mix; mingle; combine; synthesize; come together; gently fuse; merge harmoniously; form a uniform mixture; pass imperceptibly into each other.
bless (-es, blest), v. [OE blédsian > blôd, blood.] (webplay: god).
- Give a benediction to; make a covenant with; place hands upon someone's head to bestow promises for.
- Praise; laud; worship; honor; homage; exalt; glorify; show deference to; glory be to; (see Deuteronomy 8:10).
- Reward; repay; have a positive affect on; [fig.] sprinkle on; [metaphor] affect the sense of smell.
- Commend; approve; [fig.] smile; rejoice; express delight.
- Sanctify; consecrate; hallow; prosper; uphold; endow with a divine gift; confer heavenly protection on; (see Genesis 28:3).
- Pray; speak good words.