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English

blenched

verb

Meaning

  1. To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
  2. (of the eye) To quail.
  3. To deceive; cheat.
  4. To draw back from; shrink; avoid; elude; deny, as from fear.
  5. To hinder; obstruct; disconcert; foil.
  6. To fly off; to turn aside.
  7. To blanch.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data