- ádéafian
- wv/i2 to become or wax deaf
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
ádéafian
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deave — /deev/, v.t., deaved, deaving. Chiefly Scot. to make deaf; deafen. [bef. 1050; ME deven, OE deafian (in adeafian to grow DEAF; see A 3)] * * * … Universalium
deafen — 1590s, to make deaf, from DEAF (Cf. deaf) + EN (Cf. en) (1). The earlier verb was simply deaf (mid 15c.). For to become deaf, to grow deaf, O.E. had adeafian (intrans.), which survived into M.E. as deave but then took on a transitive sense from… … Etymology dictionary
deave — ˈdēv transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Middle English deven, from Old English dēafian (as in ādēafian to become deaf), from dēaf deaf more at deaf 1. dialect Britain : to stun or stupefy with noise : deafen 2 … Useful english dictionary
