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dulling |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dull \Dull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Duller}; p. pr & vb n. {Dulling}.] 1. To deprive of sharpness of edge or point. ``This . . . dulled their swords.'' --Bacon. Borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. --Shak. 2. To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses the feelings, the perceptions, and the like Those [drugs] she has Will stupefy and dull the sense a while --Shak. Use and custom have so dulled our eyes. --Trench. 3. To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish. ``Dulls the mirror.'' --Bacon. 4. To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden. Attention of mind . . . wasted or dulled through continuance. --Hooker.
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