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Fossilize :: Fossilize (v. t.) To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden..

Mute :: Mute (n.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone..

Stun :: Stun (v. t.) To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing..

Blase :: Blase (a.) Having the sensibilities deadened by excess or frequency of enjoyment; sated or surfeited with pleasure; used up.

Obtuse :: Obtuse (superl.) Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound..

Deaden :: Deaden (a.) 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..

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

Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine..

Pug :: Pug (v. t.) To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2..

Bumper :: Bumper (n.) Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.

Mortify :: Mortify (v. t.) To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble..

Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) To wrap with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock..

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

Mull :: Mull (v. t.) To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt.

Deaf :: Deaf (a.) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.

Deadener :: Deadener (n.) One who, or that which, deadens or checks..

Dead :: Dead (v. t.) To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor..

Impalsy :: Impalsy (v. t.) To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden.

Mortify :: Mortify (v. i.) To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.

Dampen :: Dampen (v. i.) To become damp; to deaden.

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