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A Middle English form of blandish. blandish (blan'dish), v. [ In former days a country-life, For so time-honoured poets sing, Free from anxiety and strife, Was blandish'd by perpetual spring. J. G. Cooper , Retreat of Aristippus, Ep. i. 3. To offer or bestow blandly or care ingly: as, to blandish words or favors. [Rare [Rare and archaic in all uses.] II.t in trans . To a ume a care ing or blandishing manner. How she blandishing By Duns more drives along. Drayton, Polyolbion, xiii. 318. Invested with blandished (blan'disht), p. a. flattery, cajolery, or blandishment. Mustering all her wiles, With blandish'd parlies, feminine a aults. Milton , S. A., 1. 403. blandisher (blan'dish-er), п. One who blandishes; a flatterer.