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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BLINDFOLD, a. [blind and fold.] Having the eyes covered; having the mental eye darkened.
BLINDFOLD, v.t. To cover the eyes; to hinder from seeing.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: wearing a blindfold [syn: blindfold, blindfolded] n
1: a cloth used to cover the eyes v
1: cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing; "the hostage was blindfolded and driven away"

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb Etymology: alteration of Middle English blindfellen, blindfelden to strike blind, blindfold, from blind + fellen to fell Date: 1533 1. to cover the eyes of with or as if with a bandage 2. to hinder from seeing; especially to keep from comprehension • blindfold adjective II. noun Date: 1715 1. a bandage for covering the eyes 2. something that obscures mental or physical vision

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v., n., adj., & adv. --v.tr. 1 deprive (a person) of sight by covering the eyes, esp. with a tied cloth. 2 deprive of understanding; hoodwink. --n. 1 a bandage or cloth used to blindfold. 2 any obstruction to understanding. --adj. & adv. 1 with eyes bandaged. 2 without care or circumspection (went into it blindfold). 3 Chess without sight of board and men. Etymology: replacing (by assoc. with FOLD(1)) ME blindfellen, past part. blindfelled (FELL(1)) strike blind

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Blindfold Blind"fold`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blindfolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Blindfolding.] [OE. blindfolden, blindfelden, blindfellen; AS. blind blind + prob. fellan, fyllan, to fell, strike down.] To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from seeing. And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face. --Luke xxii. 64.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Blindfold Blind"fold`, a. Having the eyes covered; blinded; having the mental eye darkened. Hence: Heedless; reckless; as, blindfold zeal; blindfold fury. Fate's blindfold reign the atheist loudly owns. --Dryden.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(blindfolds, blindfolding, blindfolded) 1. A blindfold is a strip of cloth that is tied over someone's eyes so that they cannot see. N-COUNT 2. If you blindfold someone, you tie a blindfold over their eyes. His abductors blindfolded him and drove him to a flat in southern Beirut... The report says prisoners were often kept blindfolded. VERB: V n, V-ed 3. If someone does something blindfold, they do it while wearing a blindfold. The Australian chess grandmaster Ian Rogers took on six opponents blindfold and beat five. ADJ: ADJ after v 4. If you say that you can do something blindfold, you are emphasizing that you can do it easily, for example because you have done it many times before. He read the letter again although already he could have recited its contents blindfold. PHRASE [emphasis]

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

blind'-fold (perikalupto): A sport common among the children of ancient times, in which the blindfolded were struck on the cheek, then asked who had struck them, and not let go until they had correctly guessed. This treatment was accorded Christ by his persecutors (Lu 22:64).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Blind, hoodwink, cover the eyes of, hinder from seeing (by a bandage over the eyes). II. a. 1. Blinded (by a bandage over the eyes), blindfolded. 2. Blind, headlong, rash, heedless, inconsiderate.

Moby Thesaurus

bandage, bedazzle, benight, blind, blind the eyes, blinders, blinds, blinkers, darken, daze, dazzle, deprive of sight, dim, eclipse, excecate, eye patch, glare, gouge, hoodwink, make blind, obscure, snow-blind, strike blind