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blench

1

[ blench ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to shrink; flinch; quail:

    an unsteady eye that blenched under another's gaze.



blench

2

[ blench ]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to make or become pale or white; blanch.

blench

1

/ ²ú±ôÉ›²Ô³Ùʃ /

verb

  1. intr to shy away, as in fear; quail
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

blench

2

/ ²ú±ôÉ›²Ô³Ùʃ /

verb

  1. to make or become pale or white
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ú±ô±ð²Ô³¦³óİù noun
  • ²ú±ô±ð²Ô³¦³ói²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of blench1

before 1000; Middle English blenchen, Old English blencan; cognate with Old Norse blekkja, Middle High German blenken

Origin of blench2

First recorded in 1805–15; variant of blanch 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of blench1

Old English blencan to deceive

Origin of blench2

C19: variant of blanch
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And for those who blench and tremble at the thought of audience participation, take a breath.

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Some might blench at being told how complex systems “evolve in both deterministic and stochastic waysâ€; might ‘predictable and random’ have sufficed?

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But wherever the mûmakil came there the horses would not go, but blenched and swerved away; and the great monsters were unfought, and stood like towers of defence, and the Haradrim rallied about them.

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This may cause some fans to blench, but it’s in keeping with some of the character’s adventures as written by Don McGregor in the 1970s, when King T’Challa took on the Ku Klux Klan.

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Indeed, again and again, I found myself reading and agreeing with Thomas, however much I blenched at the idea of making novels out of "superobjectives", "thematic questions" and "seed words".

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