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Retund

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To blunt; to make less sharp. obsolete, transitive

    "Covered with skin and hair keeps it warm, being naturally a very cold part, and also to quench and dissipate the force of any stroke that shall be dealt it, and retund the edge of any weapon."

  2. 2
    To cause to be obtuse, weak or dull. figuratively, obsolete, transitive

    "to retund someone's confidence"

Etymology

From Latin retundere, retusum, from re- (“re-”) + tundere (“to beat”).

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