bedeafenv.
/bɪˈdɛf(ə)n/ transitive. In intensive use: = deafen v. 1 Found only in past participle.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of ear > disordered hearing > have a hearing disorder [verb (transitive)] > make deaf
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1631 F. Quarles Hist. Samson 43 Did wake His fathers sleepe-bedeafned eares.
1808 W. Scott Marmion iv. xvi. 203 Bedeafened with the jangling knell.
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