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blind⋅fold
[blahynd-fohld] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to prevent or occlude sight by covering (the eyes) with a cloth, bandage, or the like; cover the eyes of. |
| 2. | to impair the awareness or clear thinking of: Don't let their hospitality blindfold you to the true purpose of their invitation. |
–noun
| 3. | a cloth or bandage put before the eyes to prevent seeing. |
–adjective
| 4. | with the eyes covered: a blindfold test. |
| 5. | rash; unthinking: a blindfold denunciation before knowing the facts. |
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| blind·fold (blīnd'fōld') tr.v. blind·fold·ed, blind·fold·ing, blind·folds
[From Middle English blindfolde, past participle of blindfellen, to strike blind, cover the eyes, from Old English geblindfellian : blind, blind; see blind + fellian, to strike down.] blind'fold'ed adj. |
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Blindfold
Blind"fold`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blindfolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Blindfolding.] [OE. blindfolden, blindfelden, blindfellen; AS. blind blind + prob. fellan, fyllan, to fell, strike down.] To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from seeing. And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face. --Luke xxii. 64.Blindfold
Blind"fold`\, a. Having the eyes covered; blinded; having the mental eye darkened. Hence: Heedless; reckless; as, blindfold zeal; blindfold fury. Fate's blindfold reign the atheist loudly owns. --Dryden.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : blindfold
Spanish:
venda,
German:
die Augenbinde,
Japanese:
目隠し
blindfold (v.)
c.1225, from O.E. (ge)blindfellian "to strike blind," altered by similarity to fold, from blind + Anglian gefeollan "to strike down," as in to fell a tree. The noun is from 1880.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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