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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And as for that glorious Katrine, I'll deave her ears with your name!
From Katrine by Lane, Elinor Macartney
My minnie does constantly deave me, And bids me beware o' young men; They flatter, she says, to deceive me, But wha can think sae o' Tam Glen!
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
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
Over and above which there was truth in Keziah’s saying, “The young gentlemen argle-bargles fit to deave a body’s head; and dear knows what it’s all about.”
From Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty
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