单词 | unblind |
释义 | unblindadj. (un- prefix1 1.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > [adjective] > having sight seeinga1398 sightful1594 eyesighted1599 unblinded1611 visive1686 unblind1818 sighted1836 1818 J. Keats Visit Burns's Country 48 That he may..keep his vision clear from speck, his inward sight unblind. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2021). unblindv. 1. transitive. To free from blindness.In some instances implying sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > enlightenment > enlighten [verb (transitive)] to open a person's eyeslOE clear1399 illumine?1499 illustrate1526 illightena1555 illuminate?1566 unblind1598 irradiate1628 unblindfold1643 to know (also learn, show, teach, tell) (a person) a thing or two1760 illumea1764 enlighten1811 1598 G. Chapman in C. Marlowe & G. Chapman Hero & Leander (new ed.) iii. sig. G4 We know not how to vow, till loue vnblinde vs. 1599 J. Sylvester tr. J. Du Nesme Miracle Peace in Fraunce 29 Vnblind thy blind soule, ope thine inward sight. 1681 P. Rycaut tr. B. Gracián y Morales Critick 202 How well is my innocency..rewarded, wherewith I desire to unblind the World. 2. = unblindfold v. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > remove covering from eyes unblindfoldc1430 unblind1590 unveil1599 unfilm1839 1590 R. Wilson Three Lordes & Three Ladies London i. I iij b Wel one day he wil pay for all. Vnblind Simplicity. 1600 R. Armin Foole vpon Foole sig. C1v They all shoute aloude and crye rarely well done, and one vnblindes him, while another puts the gloue on the speare. a1652 R. Brome Court Begger iii. i. sig. P5v, in Five New Playes (1653) Here set him downe. Unbind him, and unblind him. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion ix. 16 Having unblinded him, they demanded of him, who did put him there? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1818v.1590 |
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