Etymograph

English

rebless

From re- + bless.

Formed from re- + bless

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Germanic *blōþą ‘blood’

Proto-West Germanic *blōdisōn ‘to sprinkle, mark or hallow with blood’

Old English bletsian ‘to consecrate (with blood)’

Middle English blessen ‘to ecclesiastically sanction or sanctify’

English bless

Today it means

verb To bless again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rebless”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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