benedicting

Verb

benedict (third-person singular simple present benedicts, present participle benedicting, simple past and past participle benedicted)

1. (rare) to bless.
   • Now, dis explanation o' de rose dance ain't on my own account, for I des' now tol' yer dat, so far as I'm concerned, it wouldn't make no diff'ence to me if I'd 'a' been requi'ed to go to hell for her — I'd 'a' went — in joy — for de fulfilment o' de love which Gord A'mighty done benedicted my heart...1905, Ruth McEnery Stuart, The Second Wooing of Salina Sue, and Other Stories, page 181

   Antonyms:

   maledict

2. To poach and serve on an English muffin with ham or bacon and hollandaise sauce.
   • His pancakes were never just ordinary pancakes: they were airy creations mushroomed in sauce, or they were crepes suzette. Eggs were shirred, mornayed or benedicted.1965, The Reader's Digest - Volume 86, page 246

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