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blench

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blench 1  (blnch)
intr.v. blenched, blench·ing, blench·es
To draw back or shy away, as from fear; flinch.

[Middle English blenchen, from Old English blencan, to deceive; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.]

blencher n.

blench 2  (blnch)
v.
Variant of blanch.

blench1
vb
(intr) to shy away, as in fear; quail
[Old English blencan to deceive]

blench2
vb
to make or become pale or white
[variant of blanch]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.blench - turn pale, as if in fear
discolour, discolor, color, colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
Translations
blench [blentʃ] VI (= flinch) → acobardarse; (= pale) → palidecer
blench
vibleich werden, erbleichen (geh)
blench [blɛntʃ] vi (flinch) → sussultare; (turn pale) → impallidire
blench [blɛntʃ] vi (flinch) → sussultare; (turn pale) → impallidire


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Dost thou think that I, who have seen a town sacked, in which thousands of my Christian countrymen perished by sword, by flood, and by fire, will blench from my purpose for the outcries or screams of one single wretched Jew?
Blench (for I was in a fever), who gave me a composing draught and left orders with Finette that I should be disturbed ON NO ACCOUNT.
 
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