01 v. t. To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall.
imp. & p. p.
Obtunded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Obtunding
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To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall.[Archaic]“They . . . have filled all our law books with the obtunding story of their suits and trials.” — Milton.