blinden

English

Etymology

From blind + -en.

Verb

blinden (third-person singular simple present blindens, present participle blindening, simple past and past participle blindened)

  1. (transitive, rare) To make or render blind
    • 1986, Romanian Review - Volume 40, Issues 1-6:
      The race for success has blindened him, making him incapable to lucidly appraise his work and to judge it by higher and more exacting standards than those prevailing in local, more modest competitions.
    • 2008, Olabisi Gwamna, Dancing with Shadows and Other Stories:
      She laughed at my attempt, and I got a pull of the ears for daring to blinden myself.

Anagrams


Catalan

Verb

blinden

  1. third-person plural present indicative form of blindar

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪndən

Noun

blinden

  1. Plural form of blind

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪndn̩

Adjective

blinden

  1. inflection of blind:
    1. strong genitive masculine and neuter singular
    2. weak and mixed genitive and dative all-gender singular
    3. strong, weak, and mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak and mixed all-case plural

Spanish

Verb

blinden

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of blindar.
  2. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of blindar.
  3. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of blindar.
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