Deaden(a.) 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.
Deaden(a.) To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
Deaden(a.) To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
Deaden(a.) To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.
Deadened(imp. & p. p.) of Deaden
Deadener(n.) One who, or that which, deadens or checks.
Deadening(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deaden
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