deaf·en
[def-uhn] Show IPARelated forms
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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