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deaden

deaden is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
  2. 2.To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
  3. 3.To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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