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unblenched

American  
[uhn-blencht] / ʌnˈblɛntʃt /

adjective

Archaic.
  1. undaunted.


unblenched British  
/ ʌnˈblɛntʃt /

adjective

  1. obsolete undismayed

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of unblenched

First recorded in 1625–35; un- 1 + blench 1 + -ed 2

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It can gaze unblenched and unamazed into the awful face of evil.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.

He sat there unblenched and apparently unmoved, though it was plain that he was intensely watchful and ready.

From The Prairie Chief by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Only Macaulay's "schoolboy" would probably be found to enter upon it with unblenched countenance, and to accomplish it successfully.

From Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight by Willcock, John

"She passes on in unblenched majesty," said Lady Delacour.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 03 by Edgeworth, Maria

That holy Shame which ne'er forgets   The unblenched renown it used to wear; Whose blush remains when Virtue sets   To show her sunshine has been there.

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael

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