transferred and figurative. Obsolete.

transitive. To rub smooth, reduce the surface of, with a file. to file (one's) teeth: (figurative) to render harmless. to file in (or †a) two: to…

transitive. To tame, to domesticate; transferred to render mild or harmless.

transitive. To undo the process of envenoming; to deprive of its venom.

transitive. To render (something dangerous or undesirable) temporarily harmless or less harmful, without destroying it completely. Originally and…

transitive. figurative. To render (a person or thing) harmless or ineffectual; to weaken or disempower.

transitive. To render (an enemy, etc.) harmless; to put out of action; spec. (originally U.S.) to kill (euphemistic).

figurative. To make mentally or spiritually barren; to render unproductive, unprofitable or useless; to deprive of result; to render harmless.

transitive. figurative. To deprive (a person or thing) of force or power; to render harmless or ineffectual. Cf. defang, v. 2.

transitive. Originally U.S. To assimilate (a radical social or political movement, or a person or thing associated with such a movement) into…