| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ob·tund |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   b-t nd |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: ob·tund·ed, ob·tund·ing, ob·tunds
To make less intense; dull or deaden. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English obtunden, from Latin obtundere : ob-, against; see ob– + tundere, to beat. | | OTHER FORMS: | ob·tundent —ADJECTIVE
ob·tundi·ty —NOUN
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