Found 2 items, similar to Obtunding.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: obtund
obtund
v : reduce the edge or violence of;
“obtunded reflexes”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Obtunding
Obtund
\Ob*tund"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Obtunded; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Obtunding.] [L. obtundere, obtusum; ob (see
Ob-) +
tundere to strike or beat. See
Stutter.]
To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull;
to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of
the gall. [Archaic] --Harvey.
[1913 Webster]
They . . . have filled all our law books with the
obtunding story of their suits and trials. --Milton.
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