Definition of deaden

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Deaden (a.) 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..

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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..
Deaf :: Deaf (a.) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
Impalsy :: Impalsy (v. t.) To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden.
Buffet :: Buffet (v. t.) To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
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..
Benumbed :: Benumbed (a.) Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind..
Damper :: Damper (n.) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time..
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..
Obtuse :: Obtuse (superl.) Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound..
Bumper :: Bumper (n.) Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.
Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) To wrap with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock..
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