Blur /(blûr)/

imp. & p. p. Blurred; p. pr. & vb. n. Blurring

1. 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 Which then he wore.

2. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.

   Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare.

3. To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.

   Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, But can not blur my lost renown.

1. 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.

2. A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur.
3. A moral stain or blot.

   Lest she . . . will with her railing set a great blur on mine honesty and good name.