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1613 F. Robartes Revenue of Gospel 78 If self-loue and couetousnesse did not ouerblind and entangle the men of this age.

1622 G. Wither Faire-virtue sig. H8^v Their Reason ouer-blinded, By the pleasures of the Sence, Hides from them that excellence.

a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 861 (MED) Þey þat nat konne lerned be ne taght By swiche ensaumples..Me þinkeþ, certes, ouer blynde been.

1747 P. Francis Hor. Sat. i. ii. 109 Th' example's good; then keep it in thy mind, Nor to the fair one's faults be over-blind.

1946 Ld. Elton Imperial Commonw. viii. i. 338 A process..of sterilisation, conducted by men who remained overblind to the spiritual and intellectual riches of the East itself.