deave

American  

[deev] / div /

verb (used with object)

Chiefly Scot.

deaved, deaving

1. to make deaf; deafen.

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deave British  

/ diːv /

verb

1. to deafen

2. to bewilder or weary (a person) with noise

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Etymology

Origin of deave

before 1050; Middle English deven, Old English -dēafian (in ādēafian to grow deaf; see a- ³)

Example Sentences

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

Hout tout, mither," cried Cuddie, interfering and dragging her off forcibly, "dinna deave the gentlewoman wi' your testimony! ye hae preached eneugh for sax days.

From Old Mortality, Volume 1. by Scott, Walter, Sir

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

If mair they deave us wi' their din, Or Patronage intrusion, We'll light a spunk, and ev'ry skin, We'll rin them aff in fusion Like oil, some day.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

You mean to be good-natured, neighbors, but really you're enough to deave one.

From The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town by Christy, F. Earl