"dumben" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dumbens [present, singular, third-person], dumbening [participle, present], dumbened [participle, past], dumbened [past]
Rhymes: -ʌmən Etymology: From dumb + -en. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dumb|en|id2=inchoative}} dumb + -en 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
    Sense id: en-dumben-en-verb-LvbUEtXH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative)

Inflected forms

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