What does "disedge" mean?

To deprive (something) of an edge; to render blunt; to blunt or dull.

What is a synonym for "disedge"?

Common synonyms include: bate, blunt, dull, repress, take the edge off, turn.

Disedge

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1
To deprive (something) of an edge; to render blunt; to blunt or dull. transitive
"[T]he pain she had / To keep them in the wild ways of the wood, / Two sets of three laden with jingling arms, / Together, served a little to disedge / The sharpness of that pain about her heart: […]"
2
To take the edge off (someone's) hunger; to satiate. rare, transitive
"I grieve myself / To think, when thou shalt be disedged by her / That now thou tirest on, how thy memory / Will then be pang'd by me."

Synonyms

All synonyms

bate blunt dull repress take the edge off turn

Example

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"[T]he pain she had / To keep them in the wild ways of the wood, / Two sets of three laden with jingling arms, / Together, served a little to disedge / The sharpness of that pain about her heart: […]"

Etymology

From dis- + edge.

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