deave
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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to deafen
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to bewilder or weary (a person) with noise
Etymology
Origin of deave
before 1050; Middle English deven, Old English -dēafian (in ādēafian to grow deaf; a- 3 )
Example Sentences
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Dinna ye deave her Grace with your speirings, my lammie.
From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Oh, how she would deave me with that old proverb.
From Wild Kitty by Meade, L. T.
My minnie does constantly deave me, And bids me beware o’ young men; They flatter, she says, to deceive me, But wha can think so o’ Tam Glen?
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
They'll deave yo, down i' th' town, wi their noise.—Yo'd think they were warked to deäth.—Bit, yo can see for yorsen.
From Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
Gang to your ain freends and deave them!”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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