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Etymology

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From y- +‎ blent (blended).

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Verb

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yblent

  1. (archaic) past participle of blend

Adjective

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yblent (comparative more yblent, superlative most yblent)

  1. (archaic or poetic) Confused
    • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Aprill. Ægloga Quarta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: [], London: [] Hugh Singleton, [], →OCLC, folio 14, recto:
      And was thilk ſame ſong of Colins owne making? / Ah fooliſh boy, that is with loue yblent:
    • c. 1753, Thomas Warton, “A Pastoral in the manner of Spenser”, in Richard Mant, editor, The Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Waton, B.D.[1], volume 1, University Press, published 1802, page 113, lines 9–12:
      She bragly turned her ungentle face, / And all disdaining ey'd my shape askaunce: / But I did blush, with grief and shame yblent, / Like morning-rose with hoary dewe besprent.

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