transitive. Originally: †to cause loss of physical sensation in (a part of the body); to dull or deaden (the nerves, senses, etc.) (obsolete). In…

To render sluggish or inert; to deprive of quickness, sharpness, or activity; to stupefy (a person, or the mind, understanding, wits, etc.).

To render (the mental powers, the will, or the feelings) senseless or inert; to stupefy, deaden.

transitive. To cause to sleep; to render inactive or inoperative; to dull or deaden. Obsolete.

transferred and figurative. To quench (hopes, passions, strife, life, mental faculties, etc.); to silence (sound).

= extinguish, v. 2.

transitive. To make something numb; to deaden physical sensation or inhibit movement in. Also in extended use; spec. to cause (a person) to become…

To stifle (the faculties) with noxious ‘fumes’; to stupefy, benumb, daze. Obsolete.

transitive. To make dull or obtuse; to blunt.

To daze, stupefy. Obsolete exc. dialect.

transitive. To have a chilling, numbing, or hurtful effect on (a feeling, the heart, etc.). Usually in passive. Cf. frost, n. 3.

transitive. To make dull.

transitive. To make dull (the feelings or faculties).

transitive. To take the edge off; to blunt. Also figurative.

To make (the mind) gross or dull (archaic); formerly also intransitive for reflexive.

To deprive of sensation, as by a blow; to stun, paralyse, deaden, stupefy. Obsolete.

transitive. To lay or lull to sleep; to quiet, compose; to stupefy. (Usually figurative.)

transitive. To beat back or blunt the edge of. literal and figurative. (Perhaps in figurative use combined with some idea of bait, v. II., as if…

transitive. figurative. To make dull or numb; to stupefy (with or by).

transferred. To dim (the sight or other senses, the perception, or judgement), so that they no longer receive or form distinct impressions.

transitive. To make dull or blunt.

transitive. To render torpid, benumb, deaden, paralyse. Also figurative.

transitive. To stun, stupefy, daze.

transitive. To render dull, to dull.

transitive. To make dull; to blunt.

transferred and figurative. To render insensible.

transitive. To make less sensitive, to dull or deaden; spec. to dull the senses of (a person, community, etc.). Also intransitive.

To render (the faculties) dull or stupid; to deprive of vivacity or freshness.

transitive. To render unsusceptible.