Blessing

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Bless
2. v. t. The act of one who blesses.
3. v. t. A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces.
4. v. t. A means of happiness; that which promotes prosperity and welfare; a beneficent gift.
5. v. t. A gift.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.