Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BLIND, v.t.

1. To make blind; to deprive of sight.
2. To darken; to obscure to the eye. Such darkness blinds the sky. – Dryden.
3. To darken the understanding; as, to blind the mind.
4. To darken or obscure to the understanding. He endeavored to blind and confound the controversy. – Stillingfleet.
5. To eclipse. – Fletcher.