Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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deaden | No | No | Yes | No |
alter | No | No | Yes | No |
deaden (verb) | alter (verb) |
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become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor | remove the ovaries of |
make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation | become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence |
lessen the momentum or velocity of | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
make vapid or deprive of spirit | insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby |
convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil | make an alteration to |
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible | |
cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients |