| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | blind·fold |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  bl nd f ld |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: blind·fold·ed, blind·fold·ing, blind·folds
1. To cover the eyes of with or as if with a bandage. 2. To prevent from seeing and especially from comprehending. | | NOUN: | 1. A bandage to cover the eyes. 2. Something that serves to obscure clear perception. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Middle English blindfolde, past participle of blindfellen, to strike blind, cover the eyes, from Old English geblindfellian : blind, blind; see blind + fellian, to strike down. | | OTHER FORMS: | blindfolded —ADJECTIVE
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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