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bedeafen

verb
/bɪˈdɛfn̩/UK

Etymology

From be- + deafen.

  1. inherited from *dʰewbʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *daubaz✻
  3. inherited from *daub✻
  4. inherited from dēaf
  5. inherited from def
  6. formed as deafen — “deaf + -en”
  7. prefixed as bedeafen — “be + deafen”

Definitions

  1. To deafen.

The neighborhood

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