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unblind en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English blind English unblind From un- + blind.

Meanings

1. Not blind.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
most unblind	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more unblind	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

unblind en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English blind English unblind From un- + blind.

Meanings

1. (figuratively, sometimes) To free from blindness.
2. To remove the secrecy from (a bid).
3. (transitive) To convert (a blind signature) back to the unblinded state (as opposed to the blinded state).
4. To cause (experimenters) to learn information which, for the purposes of avoiding bias, was previously unknown to them, or should be unknown to them, such as the knowledge of which patients received a drug and which a placebo.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
unblinds	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
unblinding	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
unblinded	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
unblinded	Tense=Past		lexicographic