A`bac?`nate - (a ?bas?`nat)

Verb 1. abacinate - blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes; "The prisoners were abacinated by their captors"
blind - make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded"


"Bella! Don't do that!"

"Do what, Edward?"

"Hold that metal plate in front of your eyes! It's going to burn y--nuts"

"Nuts!? Is that all you can say?"

"No, but I--"

"I get my eyes burned, by a freaking red metal plate, and all you can say is 'nuts'?"

"Carlisle, I need you to look at Bella, I think her eyes have been damaged."

"..."

"Bella, I think your going to be blind."

"Blind? Carlisle, for how long?"

"It appears permanently, due to your pupils reaction to my light wavy thing."

"...what light?"


Now, tell me you don't remember the definition of 'abacinate'?