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noun

Blending n.

The act of mingling.

(Paint.) The method of laying on different tints so that they may mingle together while wet, and shade into each other insensibly.

verb

Blend v. t. (past & past part. blended or blent; pres. part. blending)

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."

To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. (Obs.)

Synonyms: To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate; harmonize.

Blend v. t. To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive. (Obs.)

Blend v. i. To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors. "There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality."

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— Imperial Purple • Edgar Saltus

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— In Court and Kampong - Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula • Hugh Clifford

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