"dumben" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dumbens [present, singular, third-person], dumbening [participle, present], dumbened [participle, past], dumbened [past]
Rhymes: -ʌmΙ™n Etymology: From dumb + -en. Compare Gothic πŒ°π†πŒ³πŒΏπŒΌπŒ±πŒ½πŒ°πŒ½ (afdumbnan, β€œto be silent”). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|dumb|en|id2=inchoative}} dumb + -en, {{cog|got|πŒ°π†πŒ³πŒΏπŒΌπŒ±πŒ½πŒ°πŒ½|t=to be silent}} Gothic πŒ°π†πŒ³πŒΏπŒΌπŒ±πŒ½πŒ°πŒ½ (afdumbnan, β€œto be silent”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} dumben (third-person singular simple present dumbens, present participle dumbening, simple past and past participle dumbened)
  1. (transitive, rare) To make dumb. Tags: rare, transitive

Inflected forms

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