bless

Synonyms:

sign

Type of:

gesticulate, gesture, motion

show, express or direct through movement

Synonyms:

consecrate, hallow, sanctify

Antonyms:

deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallow

remove the consecration from a person or an object

Types:

reconsecrate

consecrate anew, as after a desecration

Type of:

declare

state emphatically and authoritatively

Antonyms:

anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict

wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

Types:

anele, anoint, embrocate, inunct, oil

administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

Type of:

arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir

summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic