Deaf

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.

II. Deaf ·vt To Deafen.

III. Deaf ·adj Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.

IV. Deaf ·adj Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.

V. Deaf ·adj Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.

VI. Deaf ·adj Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation;

— with to; as, deaf to reason.

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