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deafen

v.
US //ˈdɛfən// UK //dˈɛfən// deaf·en Archaic Dialect
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Origin

From deaf + -en (verbal suffix), compare Middle English deven, deaven (“to make deaf”), Old English ādēafian (“to deafen”), Dutch verdoven (“to stupefy, deafen”), German betäuben (“to stun, stupefy, deafen”).

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