DEADEN, DEADENED, DEADENING
ADJECTIVES
► BEDEADED deadened → 1656 obs.
► OBTUNDING deadening, deafening → 1645 obs.
► SOPIENT having a dulling or deadening effect → 1804 medical usage
VERBS
► ADEADEN to deaden, to mortify; to kill, to put to death → c1000 obs.
► NARCOTIZE to deaden, to dull ý 1864
► OBTUND to deaden, to dull, to blunt, to deprive of sharpness or vigour, to render obtuse → c1400
► SMOOR to conceal or hide; to suppress; to deaden, to stupefy → 1513 Sc. & Eng. dial.
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