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  1. 1. v. Dim or sore with water or rheum; -- said of the eyes. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. Causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. tired to the point of exhaustion Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. make dim or indistinct Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 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. 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. Source: webster
  7. 7. 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. Source: adambom
  8. 8. v make dim or indistinct s tired to the point of exhaustion Source: ecdict

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