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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..

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

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

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

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

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

Buffet :: Buffet (v. t.) To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

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

Damp :: Damp (n.) To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage..

Buffer :: Buffer (n.) An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car..

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

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

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

Benumbed :: Benumbed (a.) Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind..

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

Deadening :: Deadening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deade.

Pugging :: Pugging (v. t.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; -- in the United States usually called deafening..

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

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

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