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yblent en · ADJ

Etymology

From y- + blent (“blended”).

Meanings

  1. (archaic, poetic) Confused
    • She bragly turned her ungentle face, / And all disdaining ey'd my shape askaunce: / But I did blush, with grief and shame yblent, / Like morning-rose with hoary dewe besprent. c. 1753, Thomas Warton, “A Pastoral in the manner of Spenser”, in Richard Mant, editor, The Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Waton, B.D., volume 1, University Press, published 1802, page 113, lines 9–12:
    • And was thilk ſame ſong of Colins owne making? / Ah fooliſh boy, that is with loue yblent: 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Aprill. Ægloga Quarta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 14, recto:

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most yblent Degree=Sup lexicographic
more yblent Degree=Cmp lexicographic

yblent en · VERB

Etymology

From y- + blent (“blended”).

Meanings

  1. (archaic, form-of, participle, past) past participle of blend
    form of blend
    • Yet all theſe Sounds yblent inclined all to Sleep. 1748, James Thomson, “Canto I”, in The Castle of Indolence: […], London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, stanza IV, page 3: