Definition of Obtnd
Ob*tund" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Obtunded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Obtunding.] [L. obtundere, obtusum; ob
(see Ob-) + tundere to strike or beat. See
Stutter.] 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. [Archaic] Harvey.
They . . . have filled all our law books with the
obtunding story of their suits and trials.
Milton.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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