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Definitions for: Deaden
[v] convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
[v] make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
[v] become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
[v] make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
[v] lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"
[v] make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"
[v] cut a girdle around (a plant) so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
Webster (1913) Definition: Dead"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deadened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Deadening.] [From Dead; cf. AS. d?dan to kill, put to
death. See Dead, a.]
1. 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.
As harper lays his open palm Upon his harp, to deaden its
vibrations. --Longfellow.
2. To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to
deaden a ship's headway.
3. To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
4. To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to
deaden gilding by a coat of size.
Dead"en, v. t.
To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen.
Synonyms: blunt, girdle
Antonyms: animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up
See Also: alter, break, change, convert, damp, dampen, incise, obtund, petrify, retard, soften, weaken
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