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Webster 1913 Edition
Blend
Blend
(blĕnd)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Blended
or Blent
(blĕnt)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Blending
.] [OE.
blenden
, blanden
, AS. blandan
to blend, mix; akin to Goth. blandan
to mix, Icel. blanda
, Sw. blanda
, Dan. blande
, OHG. blantan
to mis; to unknown origin.] 1.
To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound.
Blending
the grand, the beautiful, the gay. Percival.
2.
To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Syn. – To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate; harmonize.
Blend
,Verb.
I.
To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors.
There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that
blends
with our conviviality. Irving.
Blend
,Noun.
A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins.
Blend
,Verb.
T.
To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Blend
BLEND
, n.An ore of zink, called also mock-lead, false galena and black jack. Its color is mostly yellow, brown and black. There are several varieties, but in general, this ore contains more than half its weight of zink, about one fourth sulphur, and usually a small portion of iron. In chimical language, it is a sulphuret of zink.
BLEND
,Verb.
T.
1.
To mix or mingle together; hence to confound, so that the separate things mixed cannot be distinguished.2.
To pollute by mixture; to spoil or corrupt.3.
To blind.BLEND
,Verb.
I.
There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality.