From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Blend \Blend\ (bl[e^]nd), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Blended} or {Blent} (bl[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blending}.] [OE. blenden, blanden, AS. blandan to blend, mix; akin to Goth. blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw. blanda, Dan. blande, OHG. blantan to mis; to unknown origin.]
1. To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound.
Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay. --Percival.
2. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Syn: To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate; harmonize.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Blent \Blent\, imp. & p. p. of {Blend} to mingle. Mingled; mixed; blended; also, polluted; stained.
Rider and horse, friend, foe, in one red burial blent. --Byron.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Blent \Blent\, imp. & p. p. of {Blend} to blind. Blinded. Also (--Chaucer), 3d sing. pres. Blindeth. [Obs.] ||
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