blissen

English

Etymology

From bliss +‎ -en (verbal suffix).

Verb

blissen (third-person singular simple present blissens, present participle blissening, simple past and past participle blissened)

1. (transitive) To make blissful or happy; fill with or impart bliss to

   Synonyms: beatify, elate; see also Thesaurus:gladden

   • 1840, Henry Wright, Retrospective Sketch:

     True goodness infallibly blissens the bosom in which it assumes an influential position.

   • 1860, Anne Bowman, Esperanza: My Journey Thither and what I Found There, page 314:

     All solemnly and thankfully
     I feel its blissening power
     As ringing out victoriously.

   • 1846, The American Whig Review, volume 3, page 377:

     I very unceremoniously hid her in my heart and took her to my room to blissen my dreams.

   • 1969, Robert Owen, The New Moral World, volume 8, page 375:

     Why the immense self-pleasure that mental culture would afford, and the blissening consciousness of doing good with it to those around him.

Anagrams

• blessin', enbliss, nibless

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English blīssian, from Proto-West Germanic *blīþisōn.

Alternative forms

• bliscen, bliscien, blissien, blissin, blissy
• blissenn (Ormulum)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblisən/

Verb

blissen (third-person singular simple present blisseth, present participle blissende, blissynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle blissed) (Early Middle English)

1. To be glad or joyful.
2. To make joyful; to gladden.

Conjugation

Conjugation of blissen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) blissen, blisse
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	blisse	blissed
2nd-person singular	blissest	blissedest
3rd-person singular	blisseth	blissed
subjunctive singular	blisse
imperative singular		—
plural1	blissen, blisse	blisseden, blissede
imperative plural	blisseth, blisse	—
participles	blissynge, blissende	blissed, yblissed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

• “blissen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

blissen

1. (Early Middle English) plural of blisse

Etymology 3

Verb

blissen

1. Alternative form of blessen