bedullv.
/bɪˈdʌl/ To make dull.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > pass (time) listlessly or lethargically [verb (transitive)] > make listless or lethargic > make dull or deprive of animation
obtunda1400
bedulla1617
hebescate1657
deaden1684
wash1846
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > make dim [verb (transitive)]
fordima1050
dima1300
indim?1520
pall1539
bedim1582
efisc1656
appale1686
defalcate1808
bedull1836
scumble1905
a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 380 Time..bedulleth the tendernes of his [man's] conscience.
1836 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 40 724 A mist bedulls mine eyes.
Derivatives
bedulling adj.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > causing
leaden1579
stupefying1617
benumbing1628
bedulling1656
obstupefying1660
lethargic1718
sopient1804
torporizing1822
torporific1825
lethargizing1827
torpid1830
deadening1875
1656 J. Trapp Comm. 1 Thess. v. 17 A lazy, customary, bedulling strain.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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