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tr.v. bleared, blear·ing, blears

To blur or redden (the eyes).
To blur; dim.

adj. Bleary.

[Middle English bleren.]

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Blear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bleared; p. pr. & vb. n. Blearing.] [OE. bleren; cf. Dan. plire to blink, Sw. plira to twinkle, wink, LG. plieren; perh. from the same root as E. blink. See Blink, and cf. Blur.] To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral perception); to blind; to hoodwink.

That tickling rheums Should ever tease the lungs and blear the sight. --Cowper.

To blear the eye of, to deceive; to impose upon. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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