un deadened
n verb (used with object)
1.
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.
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deaden (ˈdɛdən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or become less sensitive, intense, lively, etc; damp or be damped down; dull |
| 2. | (tr) to make acoustically less resonant: he deadened the room with heavy curtains |
| 'deadener | |
| —n | |
| 'deadening | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
deaden
1660s "deprive of or diminish (some quality)," from dead. Earlier the verb was simply dead.
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