Past tense of bless
irregular verb
The past tense of bless is blest or blessed. The past participle is also blest or blessed.
Forms of bless
| Base form (V1) | bless /blɛs/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | blest /blɛst/ blessed /ˈblɛsɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | blest /blɛst/ blessed /ˈblɛsɪd/ |
| Present participle | blessing /ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | blesses /ˈblɛsɪz/ |
Blest and blessed in a sentence
- After those modifications, the Board blessed the reorganization plan.
- Thereon he left the spinster, blest With guineas, birth and paddocks; For why him thought the counsel best Propounded by the laddocks.1925, George Ratcliffe Woodward, Domestica. From the entry laddock
- I'm blessed if I'm going to drive all that way at this time of night.From the entry blessed
- The Almighty has smiled on us and blessed with good fortune.From the entry almighty
- I'm just going to sit here on my blessed assurance until Jesus comes.From the entry blessed assurance
Meaning of bless
- verb To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
- verb To invoke divine favor upon.
- verb To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
Verbs like bless
- lose (lost)
Questions about the past tense of bless
- What is the past tense of bless?
- The past tense of bless is blest or blessed.
- What is the past participle of bless?
- The past participle of bless is blest or blessed.
- Is bless a regular or irregular verb?
- Bless is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bless (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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