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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Blun·der
v. i.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Blundered
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Blundering
.]
1.
To
make
a
gross
error
or
mistake
;
as
,
to
blunder
in
writing
or
preparing
a
medical
prescription
.
2.
To
move
in
an
awkward
,
clumsy
manner
;
to
flounder
and
stumble
.
I
was
never
distinguished
for
address
,
and
have
often
even
blundered
in
making
my
bow
.
--
Goldsmith
.
Yet
knows
not
how
to
find
the
uncertain
place
,
And
blunders
on
,
and
staggers
every
pace
. --
Dryden
.
To blunder on
.
(a)
To
continue
blundering
.
(b)
To
find
or
reach
as
if
by
an
accident
involving
more
or
less
stupidity
, --
applied
to
something
desirable
;
as
,
to
blunder
on
a
useful
discovery
.
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