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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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BLUR, n. [L.luridus.] A dark spot; a stain; a blot, whether upon paper or other substance, or upon reputation.
BLUR, v.t. To obscure by a dark spot, or by any foul matter, without quite effacing.
To render obscure by making the form
or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling] to smear; to make
indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while
damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of
ink.
But time hath nothing blurred those lines of
favor To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to
darken.
Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare. To sully; to stain; to blemish, as
reputation.
Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, Syn. -- To spot; blot; disfigure; stain; sully. That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper
or other substance.
As for those who cleanse blurs with blotted fingers,
they make it worse. A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of
vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all
blur.
A moral stain or blot.
Lest she . . . will with her railing set a great blur
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