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blench
/blɛnt͡ʃ/
verb 6noun 2
Collocations
2VERB + BLENCH
stop
BLENCH + NOUN
maiden, th, thy
Definitions
verb
1
To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
Blench not at thy chosen lot.
This painful, heroic task he undertook, and never blenched from its fulfilment.
2
To quail.
3
To deceive; cheat.
4
To draw back from; shrink; avoid; elude; deny, as from fear.
Yesterday the government proclaimed no turning back, but the lords representing the likes of the disability charity Scope or Macmillan Cancer Support should make them blench.
5
To hinder; obstruct; disconcert; foil.
noun
1
A deceit; a trick.
2
A sidelong glance.
These blenches gave my heart another youth.
verb
1
To blanch.
The seasons are come to a stagnant stop, the trees blench and wither, the wagons role in the mica ruts with slithering harplike thuds.
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Blench not at thy chosen lot.
Wiktionary02
This painful, heroic task he undertook, and never blenched from its fulfilment.
Wiktionary03
Suddenly the great beast beat its hideous wings. […] Again it leaped into the air, and then swiftly fell down upon Éowyn, shrieking, striking with beak and claw. Still she did not blench: maiden of th
Wiktionary04
These blenches gave my heart another youth.
Wiktionary05
The seasons are come to a stagnant stop, the trees blench and wither, the wagons role in the mica ruts with slithering harplike thuds.
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