blench
1[ blench ]
/ blɛntʃ /
verb (used without object)
to shrink; flinch; quail: an unsteady eye that blenched under another's gaze.
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Origin of blench
1before 1000; Middle English blenchen, Old English blencan; cognate with Old Norse blekkja, Middle High German blenken
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Definition for blench (2 of 2)
blench2
[ blench ]
/ blɛntʃ /
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become pale or white; blanch.
Origin of blench
2First recorded in 1805–15; variant of blanch1
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British Dictionary definitions for blench (1 of 2)
blench1
/ (blɛntʃ) /
verb
(intr) to shy away, as in fear; quail
Word Origin for blench
Old English blencan to deceive
British Dictionary definitions for blench (2 of 2)
blench2
/ (blɛntʃ) /
verb
to make or become pale or white
Word Origin for blench
C19: variant of blanch
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