deave

Scots

Etymology

From Old English -dēafian (in ādēafian).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːv/

Verb

deave (third-person singular simple present deaves, present participle deavin, simple past deaved, past participle deaved)

1. 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)

2. to annoy, pester