Obtund

Definition of Obtund

Ob`tund´
v. t.1.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.
[imp. & p. p. Obtunded; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtunding.]
They . . . have filled all our law books with the obtunding story of their suits and trials.
- Milton.

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blunt, deaden
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