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Definitions for: Blear [adj] tired to the point of exhaustion
[v] make dim or indistinct; "The drug blurs my vision"
Webster (1913) Definition: Blear, a. [See Blear, v.]
1. Dim or sore with water or rheum; -- said of the eyes.
His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin. --Dryden.
2. Causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim.
Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion.
--Milton.
Blear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bleared; p. pr. & vb. n.
Blearing.] [OE. bleren; cf. Dan. plire to blink, Sw. plira
to twinkle, wink, LG. plieren; perh. from the same root as E.
blink. See Blink, and cf. Blur.]
To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or
blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral
perception); to blind; to hoodwink.
That tickling rheums Should ever tease the lungs and
blear the sight. --Cowper.
To blear the eye of, to deceive; to impose upon. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Synonyms: blear-eyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, blur, tired
Antonyms: focalise, focalize, focus, sharpen
See Also: alter, change, dim, slur
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