BLIGHT
\blˈa͡ɪt], \blˈaɪt], \b_l_ˈaɪ_t]\
Definitions of BLIGHT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"
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any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
By Princeton University
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cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"
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any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
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Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects.
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The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc.
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That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys.
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A rashlike eruption on the human skin.
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Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; - applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences.
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A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; - also applied to several other injurious insects.
By Oddity Software
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To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
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Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects.
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The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc.
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That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys.
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A rashlike eruption on the human skin.
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Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; - applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences.
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A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; - also applied to several other injurious insects.
By Noah Webster.
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A disease that causes plants to wither partly or wholly; smut; mildew; anything which serves to check, nip, or destroy.
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To affect with a withering disease, or baleful influence; to check.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A disease in plants, which blasts or withers them; anything that injures or destroys.
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To affect with blight: to blast: to frustrate.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To cause to decay; blast; wither.
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A diseased state of plants; anything that withers hopes or prospects.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A disease in plants variously caused, under which they wither; mildew; anything which blasts or destroys.
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To affect with blight; to frustrate; to blast.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A disease common to plants, by which they are withered either wholly or partially; anything nipping or blasting.
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To retard growth or prevent fertility; to blast; to frustrate.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
