dumben

English

Etymology

From dumb +‎ -en. Compare Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐌽𐌰𐌽 (afdumbnan, “to be silent”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʌmən

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, rare) 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

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English *dumbian, from Proto-West Germanic *dumbōn, from Proto-Germanic *dumbōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdumbən/

Verb

dumben (rare)

  1. To make no sound or movement.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dumben (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) dumben, dumbe
present tense past tense
1st-person singular dumbe dumbed
2nd-person singular dumbest dumbedest
3rd-person singular dumbeth dumbed
subjunctive singular dumbe
imperative singular —
plural1 dumben, dumbe dumbeden, dumbede
imperative plural dumbeth, dumbe —
participles dumbynge, dumbende dumbed, ydumbed

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: dumb

References

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