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(dd"'n), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deadened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.Deadening.] [From Dead; cf. AS. ddan 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. スポンサード リンク
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