Meanings
verbdumben (third-person singular simple present dumbens, present participle dumbening, simple past and past participle dumbened)
present singular third person dumbens · participle present dumbening · participle past dumbened · past dumbened
- raretransitiveTo make dumb.
Please hush-now this heart to dumben this breath. Please muffle the whimpers, the drippings of sweat.
2004, Welsh Arts Council, Poetry Wales
Origin
From dumb + -en. Compare Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐌽𐌰𐌽 (afdumbnan, “to be silent”).
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APA
dumben. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dumben
MLA
“dumben.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dumben. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dumben,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dumben.
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