dumben

English

Etymology

From dumb +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌmən

Verb

dumben (third-person singular simple present dumbens, present participle dumbening, simple past and past participle dumbened)

1. (transitive) To make dumb.
   • 2004, Welsh Arts Council, Poetry Wales:

     Please hush-now this heart to dumben this breath. Please muffle the whimpers, the drippings of sweat.

Anagrams

• Ndembu, numbed

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• doumben

Etymology

From Old English dumbian, from Proto-Germanic *dumbijaną, *dumbōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdumbən/

Verb

dumben (rare)

1. To make no sound or movement.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dumben (weak)

infinitive	(to) dumben
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	dumbe	dumbede
2nd person singular	dumbest	dumbedest
3rd person singular	dumbeþ, dumbeth	dumbede
plural	dumben	dumbeden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	dumbe	dumbede
plural	dumben	dumbeden
imperative	present
singular	dumbe
plural	dumbeþ, dumbeth
participle	present	past
	dumbende, dumbinge	dumbed, ydumbed

Descendants

• English: dumb

References

• “dǒmben, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-02.