Definition of deaden

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

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Deadening :: Deadening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deade.
Deadened :: Deadened (imp. & p. p.) of Deade.
Impalsy :: Impalsy (v. t.) To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden.
Foreland :: Foreland (n.) That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force.
Dampen :: Dampen (v. i.) To become damp; to deaden.
Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame..
Numb :: Numb (v. t.) To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.
Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine..
Benumbed :: Benumbed (a.) Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind..
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..
Mortify :: Mortify (v. i.) To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.
Dead :: Dead (v. t.) To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor..
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..
Buffet :: Buffet (v. t.) To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
Fossilize :: Fossilize (v. t.) To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden..
Mull :: Mull (v. t.) To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt.
Bumper :: Bumper (n.) Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.
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..
Stun :: Stun (v. t.) To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing..
Obtund :: Obtund (v. t.) To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall..
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