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purblinds

purblinds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of purblind.

Meaning of purblind

Verb

purblind (third-person singular simple present purblinds, present participle purblinding, simple past and past participle purblinded)

  1. (literary, transitive, often passive voice) To cause (someone) to have impaired vision or become partially blind.
    • And may the Sun, that novv begins t'appear / I'th Horizon to uſher in the year, / Melt all thoſe fatuous Vapours, vvhoſe falſe light / Purblinds the VVorld, and leads them from the right; […]1661, Alex[ander] Brome, “A New-years-gift”, in Songs and Other Poems […], 3rd edition, London: […] Henry Brome, […], published 1668, →OCLC, page 219

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Questions about purblinds

What is purblinds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Purblinds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of purblind.

Words near purblinds in the dictionary

  1. purblind
  2. purblinded
  3. purblinding
  4. purblindly
  5. purblindness
  6. purblinds
  7. purcelane
  8. purcelanes
  9. Purcell
  10. Purcellian
  11. Purcells

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