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Blend   /blɛnd/   Listen
Blend

noun
1.
An occurrence of thorough mixing.
2.
A new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings.  Synonyms: portmanteau, portmanteau word.  "'motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining 'motor' and 'hotel'" , "'brunch' is a well-known portmanteau"
3.
The act of blending components together thoroughly.  Synonym: blending.
verb
(past & past part. blended or blent; pres. part. blending)
1.
Combine into one.  Synonyms: immingle, intermingle, intermix.  "He blends in with the crowd" , "We don't intermingle much"
2.
Blend or harmonize.  Synonyms: blend in, go.  "This sofa won't go with the chairs"
3.
Mix together different elements.  Synonyms: coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix.



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"Blend" Quotes from Famous Books



... of contact between the old Jus Gentium and the Law of Nature? I think that they touch and blend through AEquitas, or Equity in its original sense; and here we seem to come to the first appearance in jurisprudence of this famous term, Equity. In examining an expression which has so remote an origin and so long a history as this, it is ...
— Ancient Law - Its Connection to the History of Early Society • Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
... do not see it, and we name it 'the Equable.' We listen to it, and we do not hear it, and we name it 'the Inaudible.' We try to grasp it, and do not get hold of it, and we name it 'the Subtle.' With these three qualities, it cannot be made the subject of description; and hence we blend them ...
— Tao Teh King • Lao-Tze
... Diemen's Land, and the results which it produced, will be hereafter related to illustrate transportation; for who would load the colonial fame with details, from which the eyes of mankind turn with natural disgust, or blend them with the ...
— The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2) • John West
... There was a blend of simplicity, dignity, and kindliness in Mrs. Gladstone's character that made her very attractive. My family were exceedingly fond of her, and though two of my brothers were always attacking Mr. Gladstone ...
— The Days Before Yesterday • Lord Frederick Hamilton
... to blend Christianity with the religions of ancient Asia was made by Mani, a Persian, who especially attempted to fuse Zoroastrian with Christian doctrines. He aimed to produce the utmost estrangement from all mundane influences, since ...
— The Old Roman World • John Lord


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