deave
Scots
Etymology
From Old English -dēafian (in ādēafian).
Pronunciation
Verb
deave (third-person singular simple present deaves, present participle deavin, simple past deaved, past participle deaved)
- to deafen
- 1792, Robert Burns, Sic a wife as Willie's Wife:
- A clapper-tongue wad deave a miller
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to annoy, pester