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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blear \Blear\, a. [See {Blear}, v.] 1. Dim or sore with water or rheum; -- said of the eyes. His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin. --Dryden. 2. Causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim. Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blear \Blear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bleared}; p. pr & vb n. {Blearing}.] [OE. bleren cf Dan. plire to blink, Sw plira to twinkle, wink, LG plieren perh. from the same root as E. blink. See {Blink}, and cf {Blur}.] To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral perception); to blind; to hoodwink. That tickling rheums Should ever tease the lungs and blear the sight. --Cowper. {To blear the eye of}, to deceive; to impose upon [Obs.] --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: blear adj : tired to the point of exhaustion [syn: {bleary}, {bleary-eyed}, {blear-eyed}] v : make dim or indistinct; "The drug blurs my vision" [syn: {blur}] [ant: {focus}]
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