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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deaden \Dead"en\ (d[e^]d"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deadened}
     (d[e^]d"'nd); 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.
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              As harper lays his open palm
              Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations.
                                                    --Longfellow.
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     2. To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to
        deaden a ship's headway.
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     3. To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
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     4. To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to
        deaden gilding by a coat of size.
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     5. To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to
        deafen.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deadened
       adj 1: devoid of physical sensation; numb; "his gums were dead from
              the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist
              drilled her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by
              continuous television coverage of atrocities" [syn: {dead}]
       2: made or become less intense; "the deadened pangs of hunger"

















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