yblent

English

Etymology

y- +‎ blent (“blended”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Verb

yblent

1. (archaic) past participle of blend
   • 1748, Thomson, James, The Castle of Indolence:

     Yet all these sounds yblent inclinèd all to sleep.

Adjective

yblent (comparative more yblent, superlative most yblent)

1. (archaic or poetic) Confused
   • 1579, Spenser, Edmund, “April”, in The Shepheardes Calender, lines 154–155:

     And was thilk same song of Colins owne making? / Ah! foolish Boy! that is with love yblent;

   • c. 1753, Warton, Thomas, “A Pastoral in the manner of Spenser”, in Richard Mant, editor, The Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Waton, B.D.‎^[1], volume 1, University Press, published 1802, lines 9–12, page 113:

     She bragly turned her ungentle face, / And all disdaining ey'd my shape askaunce: / But I did blush, with grief and shame yblent, / Like morning-rose with hoary dewe besprent.