Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To render deaf.
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- verb archaic To
deafen .
Etymologies
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be- + deafen
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Examples
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Not merely do the scrunching squeaks of the break, the blasty trumpet whistle, the slamming of doors, and the squalling of children bewilder his brain and bedeafen his ears, but the iron tyrant enchains and confuses his eyes.
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray
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