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

• blend in, blennid, blinned

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Catalan

Verb

blinden

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɪndən

Noun

blinden

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of blind

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German

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪndn̩

Adjective

blinden

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

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Spanish

Verb

blinden

1. inflection of blindar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative