to make or pronounce holy; to consecrate-to make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.-to express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.-to invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.-to make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).-to guard; to keep; to protect.-to praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.-to esteem or account happy; to felicitate.-to wave; to brandish.