To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or a favour)
To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.
To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in
To report (the receipt of a message to its sender).
To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
To invoke divine favor upon.
To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
To turn (a reference) into an object.
Used as an expression of endearment, gratitude, or (ironically) belittlement.