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verb (used without object)
to shrink; flinch; quail: an unsteady eye that blenched under another's gaze.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English blenchen, Old English blencan; cognate with Old Norse blekkja, Middle High German blenken
before 1000; Middle English blenchen, Old English blencan; cognate with Old Norse blekkja, Middle High German blenken
Related forms
blench·er, noun
blench·ing·ly, adverb
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Word Origin & History
blench
O.E. blencan "deceive, cheat," from P.Gmc. *blankjanan "to shine, dazzle, blind," from PIE base *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see bleach). Sense of "move suddenly, wince, dodge" is from c.1300.
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