yblent
(archaic) past participle of blend
yblent (comparative more yblent, superlative most yblent)
(archaic or poetic) Confused
Source: Wiktionary
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
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
