Noah Webster
Obtund
OBTUND', verb transitive [Latin obtundo; ob and tundo, to beat.]
To dull; to blunt; to quell; to deaden; to reduce the edge, pungency or violent action of any thing; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall.
OBTUND', verb transitive [Latin obtundo; ob and tundo, to beat.]
To dull; to blunt; to quell; to deaden; to reduce the edge, pungency or violent action of any thing; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall.