undeaf

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verb

To free from deafness.

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Meanings

verbundeaf (third-person singular simple present undeafs, present participle undeafing, simple past and past participle undeafed)

present singular third person undeafs · participle present undeafing · participle past undeafed · past undeafed

  1. nonce wordtransitiveTo free from deafness.

    My death's sad tale may yet undeaf his ear.

    1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]

Origin

From un- + deaf.

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APA

undeaf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undeaf

MLA

“undeaf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undeaf. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undeaf,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undeaf.

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