Blent
[blent]
Definition
(-) of Blend
(imp. & p. p.) Mingled; mixed; blended; also, polluted; stained.
(imp. & p. p.) Blinded. Also (Chaucer), 3d sing. pres. Blindeth.
Checker: Roland
Definition
pa.p. of Blend—mixed: mingled: (Spens.) blinded obscured.
Editor: Maynard
Examples
- The songs she sang, without lament, In her prison-house of pain, Forever are they sweetly blent With the falling summer rain. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Blent with torment, I experienced rapture. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A calm, subdued triumph, blent with a longing earnestness, marked his enunciation of the last glorious verses of that chapter. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There is charm in beauty for itself, Caroline; when it is blent with goodness, there is a powerful charm. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- However, I accepted the responsibility--not, certainly, without fearbut fear blent with other sentiments, curiosity, amongst them. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Presently a voice blent with the rich tones of the instrument; it was a lady who sang, and very sweet her notes were. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Editor: Maynard