† blindationn.
Obsolete.
= blinding n., blind n. 4 – 6.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun]
foxingc1220
feignc1320
faintise1340
simulation1340
dissimulingc1374
likenessc1384
dissimulationc1386
coverture1393
dissemblationc1425
assimulationa1450
dissemblec1480
fiction1483
dissemblinga1500
irony1502
dissimulance1508
dissembly?c1550
blindation1588
counterfeisance1590
misseeming1590
supposing1596
dissemblance1602
guise1662
dissimulating1794
make-believe1794
representation1805
sham-Abra(ha)m1828
make-belief1837
pretence1862
make-believing1867
postiche1876
kid-stakes1916
smoke and mirrors1980
1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 52 The pretended cloke of Incubus, or such like glozing blindation.
1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. vii. 260 That's the blindation.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. ⁋106. 196 These Authors..build up Blindations before one of the foulest Knots of Inquiry that ever defiled the Sun's Light.
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