blinden

blinden

See also: 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, numbers 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 of blindar

    Dutch

    Pronunciation

    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɪndən

    Noun

    blinden

    1. plural of blind

    German

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈblɪndn̩/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • 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

    Spanish

    Verb

    blinden

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