yblent
English
Etymology
y- + blent (“blended”)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Verb
yblent
- (archaic) past participle of blend
- 1748, Thomson, James, The Castle of Indolence:
- Yet all these sounds yblent inclinèd all to sleep.
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Adjective
yblent (comparative more yblent, superlative most yblent)
- (archaic or poetic) Confused
- 1579, Spenser, Edmund, “April”, in The Shepheardes Calender, lines 154–155:
- And was thilk same song of Colins owne making? / Ah! foolish Boy! that is with love yblent;
- c. 1753, Warton, Thomas, “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, lines 9–12, page 113:
- 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.
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