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单词 unedge
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unedgev.

Etymology: un- prefix2 1b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈedge.
transitive. To take the edge off; to blunt. Also figurative.
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the world > space > shape > bluntness > make blunt [verb (transitive)]
blunta1398
dullc1440
rebate1468
obtusec1487
bate1535
abate1548
turn1560
unedgea1625
retund1691
dead1719
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > make emotionally unfeeling [verb (transitive)] > deaden or dull the emotions
stupefy?a1425
dullc1440
benumbc1485
slumber?1533
extinguish1540
extinct1542
numb1561
damp1570
hebetate1574
daunt1581
frostbite1593
hebete1597
blunt1600
unedgea1625
engross1626
astonish1635
consopite1647
bate1649
opiate1650
blura1653
hebescate1657
torpefy1808
dozena1810
dullify1838
hebetize1845
chloroform1849
narcotize1852
sodden1863
vastate1892
a1625 J. Fletcher Valentinian i. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaaaaaa3/1 Here our weapons And bodyes..Are both unedg'd and old with ease, and women.
1663 J. Mayne tr. Lucian Part of Lucian sig. K4 Least despaire should lessen their flame, or unedge their desires.
1721 T. D'Urfey Grecian Heroine v. i, in New Opera's 143 About good Kings, I grant there is a..sacred Virtue That would unedge the Sword of Treachery.
1893 F. Thompson Poems 37 It seemed corrival of the world's great prime, Made to un-edge the scythe of Time.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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