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Definition of Deadens
1. deaden [v] - See also: deaden
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deadens
Literary usage of Deadens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Introduction to Economics by John Roscoe Turner (1919)
"Monopoly deadens initiative. 22. Summary and conclusion. 33. Conclusion of chapter.
24. Exercises. The student must be on his guard against confusing large ..."
2. The Complete Works by John Ruskin (1894)
"... we may deaden our perception of their flavor; nay, we may even do more than
can ever be done in the case of sight, we , torn. It deadens e°r ..."
3. Christ Among the Cattle: A Sermon Preached in the First Congregational by Frederic Rowland Marvin (1906)
"If hospital service makes young students less tender of suffering, vivisection
deadens their humanity, and begets indifference to it. ..."
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