† beblindv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To make completely blind. Also as past participle.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > afflict with disordered vision [verb (transitive)] > blind
blendc888
forblendc1175
blindfoldc1320
to put out a person's eyesc1325
blinda1400
dark?c1400
darken?a1425
quenchc1450
excecate?1540
stark blind1574
beblind1575
douta1616
unsight?1615
benight1621
emblind1631
occaecate1664
1575 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers in Wks. (1587) 105 Courage quailes where love beblinds the sense.
1580 T. North tr. Romulus in Plutarch Lives In fervent flames of beastly love beblynde.
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