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dead⋅en

  [ded-n]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken: to deaden sound; to deaden the senses; to deaden the force of a blow.
2. to lessen the velocity of; retard: to deaden the headway of a ship.
3. to make impervious to sound, as a floor.
–verb (used without object)
4. to become dead.
Origin:
1655–65; dead + -en 1

Related forms:
dead⋅en⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. blunt, diminish, lessen, numb, dull.
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dead·en   (děd'n)   
v.   dead·ened, dead·en·ing, dead·ens

v.   tr.
  1. To render less intense, sensitive, or vigorous: a medication to deaden the pain; wall tiles that deaden the sound from the rehearsal studio.
  2. To make soundproof.
  3. To make less colorful or brilliant.
v.   intr.
  1. To become dead.
  2. To lose vigor, brilliance, or liveliness.
dead'en·er n.
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Deaden

Dead"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deadened; p. pr. & vb. n. Deadening.] [From Dead; cf. AS. d?dan 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. --Longfellow.

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.

Deaden

Dead"en\, v. t. To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : deaden
Spanish: amortiguar,
German: abtöten,
Japanese: 鈍くする
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