blinden
verbEtymology From blind + -en.
1
Rare To make or render blind.
- The race for success has blindened him, making him incapable to lucidly appraise his work and to judge it by higher and more exacting standards than those prevailing in local, more modest competitions.1986, Romanian Review, volume 40, numbers 1-6:
- She laughed at my attempt, and I got a pull of the ears for daring to blinden myself.2008, Olabisi Gwamna, Dancing with Shadows and Other Stories: