Blend \Blend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blended or Blent; p. pr.
& vb. n. Blending.]
[OE. blenden, blanden, AS. blandan to
blend, mix; akin to Goth. blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw.
blanda, Dan. blande, OHG. blantan to mis; to unknown origin.]
1. To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or
associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line
of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To
confuse; to confound.
Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay.
--Percival.
2. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt;
to blot; to stain. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Syn: To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate;
harmonize.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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