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Blench Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Blench? [v] turn pale, as if in fear Synonyms \| Synonyms for Blench: blanch \| pale Related Terms \| Find terms related to Blench: ache \| agonize \| ail \| anguish \| avoid \| blanch \| bleach \| blink \| boggle \| cringe \| decolor \| decolorize \| demur \| dodge \| draw back \| duck \| evade \| fade \| fall back \| falter \| feel pain \| feel the pangs \| fight shy of \| flinch \| funk \| grimace \| hang back \| hang off \| have a misery \| have qualms \| hesitate \| hold off \| hurt \| jib \| make bones about \| pause \| pound \| pull back \| quail \| recoil \| reel back \| retreat \| scruple \| sheer off \| shoot \| shrink \| shrink back \| shy \| shy at \| sidestep \| smart \| squinch \| start \| start aside \| start back \| stick at \| stickle \| strain \| suffer \| swerve \| thrill \| throb \| tingle \| turn aside \| twinge \| twitch \| waver \| weasel \| weasel out \| white \| wince \| writhe See Also \| color \| colour \| discolor \| discolour Blench In Webster's Dictionary \Blench\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blenched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blenching}.] [OE. blenchen to blench, elude, deceive, AS. blencan to deceive; akin to Icel. blekkja to impose upon. Prop. a causative of blink to make to wink, to deceive. See {Blink}, and cf. 3d {Blanch}.] 1. To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail. Blench not at thy chosen lot. --Bryant. This painful, heroic task he undertook, and never blenched from its fulfillment. --Jeffrey. 2. To fly off; to turn aside. [Obs.] Though sometimes you do blench from this to that. --Shak. \Blench\, v. t. 1. To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder. [Obs.] Ye should have somewhat blenched him therewith, yet he might and would of likelihood have gone further. --Sir T. More. 2. To draw back from; to deny from fear. [Obs.] He now blenched what before he affirmed. --Evelyn. \Blench\, n. A looking aside or askance. [Obs.] These blenches gave my heart another youth. --Shak. \Blench\, v. i. & t. [See 1st {Blanch}.] To grow or make pale. --Barbour.

Blench Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Blench?

[v] turn pale, as if in fear

Synonyms | Synonyms for Blench: blanch | pale

See Also | color | colour | discolor | discolour

Blench In Webster's Dictionary

\Blench\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blenched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Blenching}.] [OE. blenchen to blench, elude, deceive, AS.
blencan to deceive; akin to Icel. blekkja to impose upon.
Prop. a causative of blink to make to wink, to deceive. See
{Blink}, and cf. 3d {Blanch}.]
1. To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of
   courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail.

         Blench not at thy chosen lot.         --Bryant.

         This painful, heroic task he undertook, and never
         blenched from its fulfillment.        --Jeffrey.

2. To fly off; to turn aside. [Obs.]

         Though sometimes you do blench from this to that.
                                               --Shak.


\Blench\, v. t.
1. To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to
   obstruct; to hinder. [Obs.]

         Ye should have somewhat blenched him therewith, yet
         he might and would of likelihood have gone further.
                                               --Sir T. More.

2. To draw back from; to deny from fear. [Obs.]

         He now blenched what before he affirmed. --Evelyn.


\Blench\, n.
A looking aside or askance. [Obs.]

      These blenches gave my heart another youth. --Shak.


\Blench\, v. i. & t. [See 1st {Blanch}.]
To grow or make pale. --Barbour.

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