Unblinded ppl. a.

[UN-¹ 8.]

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1. Not blinded or deprived of sight.

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1611. Florio, Inorbato,… vnblinded.

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1833. Tennyson, Pal. Art, 42. Who shall gaze upon My palace with unblinded eyes?

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2. fig. Not deluded or deceived.

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1755. Man, No. 20. 8. A man unblinded by prejudice, is not far from being a Christian.

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1797. Coleridge, Lett. to Cottle, 8 June. I speak with heartfelt sincerity and, I think, unblinded judgment.

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1802–12. Bentham, Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827), I. 287. A judgment unblinded by prejudice.

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1871. Ruskin, Fors Clav., vii. 24. Learn … how to obey good Men, who are living, breathing unblinded law.

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