Why did this fall out of use to be replaced by the rather gawky blended?
"He sat watching her till the upper lashes met and mingled with the lower, and their blent shadow lay on her cheek; then he stood up and drew the curtain over the lamp, drowning the compartment in a bluish twilight."
Nice one, bilby! And nice word, yarb.
It just wended out of fashion, more's the pity.
Past participle / past tense of to blend.
Why did this fall out of use to be replaced by the rather gawky blended?
"He sat watching her till the upper lashes met and mingled with the lower, and their blent shadow lay on her cheek; then he stood up and drew the curtain over the lamp, drowning the compartment in a bluish twilight."
- Edith Wharton, The Reef