unblindfoldv.
transitive. To unbandage (the eyes); to free (a person or animal) from a bandage over the eyes. Also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > remove covering from eyes
unblindfoldc1430
unblind1590
unveil1599
unfilm1839
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
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. xix. 186 Þat þei vnblyndfelle so here eyen þat þei mown biholde to þe heuene.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Dessiller, to vnwrappe his eies,..to vnblindefilde.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. vii. sig. Ee8 He bad his eyes to be vnblindfold both, That he might see his men. View more context for this quotation
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice viii. 33 You may blindfold the Horse, and..after vnblindfold him.
1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. ii. 79 Which I hope will fully un-blindfold the hood-winkt world.
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