deafen
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| —vb | |
| (tr) to make deaf, esp momentarily, as by a loud noise | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
deafen
1590s, "to make deaf," from deaf. The earlier verb was simply deaf (mid-15c.). For "to become deaf, to grow deaf," O.E. had adeafian (intrans.), which survived into M.E. as deave but then took on a transitive sense from mid-14c. and sank from use except in dialects (where it
mostly has transitive and figurative senses), leaving English without an intransitive verb here.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
deafen deaf·en (děf'ən)
v. deaf·ened, deaf·en·ing, deaf·ens
To make deaf, especially momentarily by a loud noise.
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Example sentences
So many workmen are employed that the din of the hammers was deafen ing.
The cheering was perfectly deafen, ng, and was prolonged from that time ou almost without cessation.
Try some sciences that actually help mankind, not blind and deafen him to the truth.
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