Obtund /(?)/

Ob·tund

Obtund

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Obtunded; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtunding

  1. To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall. [Archaic]
    They . . . have filled all our law books with the obtunding story of their suits and trials.