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deafen



deaf·en

[def-uhn] Show IPA
verb (used with object)
1.
to make deaf: The accident deafened him for life.
2.
to stun or overwhelm with noise: The pounding of the machines deafened us.
3.
deaden (  def 3 ) .
4.
Obsolete . to render (a sound) inaudible, especially by a louder sound.

Origin:
1590–1600; deaf + -en1

deaf·en·ing·ly, adverb
half-deaf·ened, adjective
non·deaf·ened, adjective
 
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

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