DEAFEN

v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

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.

2.
v.

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


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