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deadened, ppl. a.|ˈdɛd(ə)nd|
[f. deaden v. + -ed1.]
Deprived of life or force; dulled, muffled, etc.
1720Welton Suff. Son of God I. x. 245 Obedience renews the Life of Deadened Love. 1725Pope Odyss. xxii. 284 With deaden'd sound, one on the threshold falls. 1789T. Whately in Med. Commun. II. 393 The exfoliated or deadened part [of a bone]. 1872Black Adv. Phaeton ix. 121 The deadened tolling of a bell. |