dullifyv.
/ˈdʌlɪfʌɪ/ colloquial.
transitive. To render dull, to dull.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > dull (the senses) [verb (transitive)]
aggregea1382
obtunda1400
dull1552
to dull the edge of1605
blura1653
dullify1657
hebescate1657
the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [verb (transitive)] > make dull
dullc1386
dor1601
dullify1657
mortify1711
dun1766
dullen1832
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > make emotionally unfeeling [verb (transitive)] > deaden or dull the emotions
stupefy?a1425
dullc1440
benumbc1485
slumber?1533
extinguish1540
extinct1542
numb1561
damp1570
hebetate1574
daunt1581
frostbite1593
hebete1597
blunt1600
unedgea1625
engross1626
astonish1635
consopite1647
bate1649
opiate1650
blura1653
hebescate1657
torpefy1808
dozena1810
dullify1838
hebetize1845
chloroform1849
narcotize1852
sodden1863
vastate1892
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. F3v Watry humidity doth..dullify the strength of every sapour.
1838 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 104 Preternatural intensity of sensation..which I study to keep down with such dullifying appliances as offer themselves.
1846 T. Moore Diary in Mem. (1856) VIII. 20 The long and dullifying dose.
Derivatives
dullifiˈcation n. (in quot.) something that makes one dull).Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [noun] > state of physical stupefaction > physically stupefying > that which
duller1620
stupefier1661
intoxicant1757
inebriant1813
stuporific1853
dullification1855
1855 Doran Queens of Eng. II. vii. 275 The princess called her mother's court a ‘Dullification’.
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