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obtunding

 

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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  They  .  .  .  have  filled  all  our  law  books  with  the 
  obtunding  story  of  their  suits  and  trials.  --Milton.




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