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English Dictionary: blear	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blear adj tired to the point of exhaustion [syn: bleary, blear, bleary-eyed, blear-eyed] v make dim or indistinct; "The fog blurs my vision" [syn: blur, blear] Antonym(s): focalise, focalize, focus, sharpen
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.