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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

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imp. & p. p.

Deafened

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p. pr. & vb. n.

Deafening

[From

To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.

Deafened

and stunned with their promiscuous cries.

Addison.

(Arch.)

To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc.