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  1.  Not blinded or deprived of sight.

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1611.  Florio, Inorbato,… vnblinded.

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1833.  Tennyson, Pal. Art, 42. Who shall gaze upon My palace with unblinded eyes?

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  2.  fig. Not deluded or deceived.

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1755.  Man, No. 20. 8. A man unblinded by prejudice, is not far from being a Christian.

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1797.  Coleridge, Lett. to J. Cottle, June, in Early Recoll. (1837), I. 250. I speak with heart-felt sincerity, and, I think, unblinded judgment.

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1802–12.  Bentham, Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827), I. 287. A judgment unblinded by prejudice.

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1871.  Ruskin, Fors Clav., vii. 24. Learn … how to obey good Men, who are living, breathing unblinded law.

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