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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Synonyms: commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate; harmonize.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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