Deaden

[Dead·en]

Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation

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To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.

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convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil

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make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"

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become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor

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make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"

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lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship''s headway"

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make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"

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cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant"


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To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.

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To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.

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To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.

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To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.


Deaden

Dead"en , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deadened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Deadening.] [From Dead; cf. AS. ddan to kill, put to death. See Dead, a.] 1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.
As harper lays his open palm Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations.
2. To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway. 3. To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine. 4. To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.

To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.

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