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; see a- 3)
Example Sentences
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And as for that glorious Katrine, I'll deave her ears with your name!
From Katrine by Lane, Elinor Macartney
He humm'd and haw'd, the lass cried "pheugh," And bade the coof no deave her, Syne crack'd her thumb, and lap and leugh, And dang the silly weaver.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles
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
My minnie does constantly deave me, mother, deafen And bids me beware o' young men; They flatter, she says, to deceive me; But wha can think sae o' Tam Glen?
From Robert Burns How To Know Him by Neilson, William Allan
The noise the maitter o' twenty chields like Sandy cud mak' wi' their buit soles wud fair deave a hale neeperhude.
From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.
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