Blent

Blent
Blend Blend (bl[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blended} or {Blent} (bl[e^]nt); 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. [1913 Webster]

Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay. --Percival. [1913 Webster]

2. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate; harmonize. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Blent — Blent, imp. & p. p. of {Blend} to mingle. Mingled; mixed; blended; also, polluted; stained. [1913 Webster] Rider and horse, friend, foe, in one red burial blent. Byron. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Blent — Blent, imp. & p. p. of {Blend} to blind. Blinded. Also ( Chaucer), 3d sing. pres. Blindeth. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • blent — blent; un·blent; …   English syllables

  • blent — [blent] vt., vi. alt. pt. & pp. of BLEND …   English World dictionary

  • blent — /blent/, v. a pt. and pp. of blend. * * * …   Universalium

  • blent — verb <!Do not put translations here: instead translate the infinitive on the page for blend and give the past tense and past participles on the pages for the translations of blend …   Wiktionary

  • blent — 1. past 3rd sing of blendan; 2. past 3rd sing of blandan …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • blent — blend n. mixture, combination v. mix, merge, combine …   English contemporary dictionary

  • blent — literary past and past participle of blend …   English new terms dictionary

  • blent — [[t]blɛnt[/t]] v. a pt. and pp. of blend …   From formal English to slang

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