Definitions
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- verb transitive To make or render
dumb .
Etymologies
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From be- + dumb. Compare Middle English adumbien, from Old English ādumbian ("to become mute or dumb, keep silence, hold one’s peace").
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Examples
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Which in turn means he feels that dumb people deserve to bedumb.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judging a Person Based on a Single Forwarded Personal E-Mail 2010
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Which in turn means he feels that dumb people deserve to bedumb.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judging a Person Based on a Single Forwarded Personal E-Mail 2010
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