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deaden

verb
/ˈdɛdən/

Etymology

From dead + -en. Compare Dutch doden (“to kill”), West Frisian deadzje (“to kill”).

  1. inherited from *daudaz✻
  2. inherited from *daud✻
  3. inherited from dēad
  4. inherited from ded
  5. suffixed as deaden — “dead + en”

Definitions

  1. To render less lively

    To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.

    • deaden the pain
    • deaden sound
    • deaden the senses

  2. To become less lively

    To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).

  3. To make soundproof.

    • to deaden a wall or a floor

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA