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dumben

dumben verb: to make dumb.

Verb

dumben (third-person singular simple present dumbens, present participle dumbening, simple past and past participle dumbened)

  1. (rare, transitive) To make dumb.
    • Please hush-now this heart to dumben this breath. Please muffle the whimpers, the drippings of sweat.2004, Welsh Arts Council, Poetry Wales

Forms of dumben

third-person singular presentdumbens
present participledumbening
past participledumbened
pastdumbened

Origin of dumben

From dumb + -en. Compare Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐌽𐌰𐌽 (afdumbnan, “to be silent”).

Words that rhyme with dumben

Questions about dumben

What does dumben mean?
Dumben means to make dumb.
What part of speech is dumben?
Dumben is a verb.
What is the past tense of dumben?
The past tense of dumben is dumbened.

Words near dumben in the dictionary

  1. dumbek
  2. dumbeks
  3. dumbell
  4. dumbells
  5. DUMBELS
  6. dumben
  7. dumbened
  8. dumbening
  9. dumbens
  10. dumber
  11. dumber than a bag of hammers

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