Blend , v. t. [AS. blendan, from blind blind. See Blind, a.]
To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Blend , n. A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the
other begins.
Blend (&?;), v. i. To mingle; to mix; to unite
intimately; to pass or shade
insensibly into each other, as colors.
There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality.
Irving.
Blend (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blended or Blent (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Blending.]
[OE. blenden,
blanden, AS. blandan to blend, mix;
akin to Goth. blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw. blanda, Dan. blande, OHG. blantan to mis; to unknown origin.]
1. To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound.
Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay.
Percival.
2. To pollute by
mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. [Obs.] Spenser.
Syn. -- To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate; harmonize.
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