In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
BLENDING
blend, blending
(noun) the act of blending components together thoroughly
shading, blending
(noun) a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
blending
present participle of blend
Noun
blending (plural blendings)
The act or result of something being blended.
blendings of old and new
Source: Wiktionary
Blend"ing, n.
1. The act of mingling.
2. (Paint.)
Definition: The method of laying on different tints so that they may mingle together while wet, and shade into each other insensibly. Weale.
BLEND
Blend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blended or Blent; p. pr. & vb. n. Blending.] Etym: [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.
Blend, v. i.
Definition: 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. Irving.
Blend, n.
Definition: A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins.
Blend, v. t. Etym: [AS. blendan, from blind blind. See Blind, a.]
Definition: To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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