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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deaf \Deaf\ (?; 277), v. t. To deafen. [Obs.] --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deaf \Deaf\ (?; 277), a. [OE. def, deaf, deef, AS de['a]f; akin to D. doof, G. taub, Icel. daufr Dan. d["o]v, Sw d["o]f, Goth. daubs, and prob. to E. dumb (the original sense being dull as applied to one of the senses), and perh. to Gr ? (for ?) blind, ? smoke, vapor, folly, and to G. toben to rage. Cf {Dum}b.] 1. Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as a deaf man. Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf. --Shak. 2. Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to as deaf to reason. O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! --Shak. 3. Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened. Deaf with the noise, I took my hasty flight. --Dryden. 4. Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. [R.] A deaf murmur through the squadron went --Dryden. 5. Decayed; tasteless; dead; as a deaf nut; deaf corn. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they [peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds will be deaf, void, light, and naught. --Holland. {Deaf and dumb}, without the sense of hearing or the faculty of speech. See {Deaf-mute}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deaf adj 1: lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part [ant: {hearing(a)}] 2: (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed; "deaf to her warnings" [syn: {deaf(p)}, {indifferent(p)}] n : people who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the deaf use sign language" v : make or render deaf [syn: {deafen}]
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