Bedumb

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make or render dumb, or mute. transitive

    "These make no rustle save Some pine-cone dropt, or murmur that condemns Murmur; bedumb'd with moss that giant nave."

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"These make no rustle save Some pine-cone dropt, or murmur that condemns Murmur; bedumb'd with moss that giant nave."

Etymology

From be- + dumb. Compare Middle English adumbien, from Old English ādumbian (“to become mute or dumb, keep silence, hold one’s peace”).

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