"blinden" meaning in English

See blinden in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: blindens [present, singular, third-person], blindening [participle, present], blindened [participle, past], blindened [past]
Etymology: From blind + -en. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|blind|-en<id:inchoative>|text=+|tree=1}} From blind + -en. Head templates: {{en-verb}} blinden (third-person singular simple present blindens, present participle blindening, simple past and past participle blindened)
  1. (transitive, rare) To make or render blind. Tags: rare, transitive

Inflected forms

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