The Collaborative International Dictionary
Obtunding
Obtund \Ob*tund"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtunded; p. pr. & vb.
n. Obtunding.] [L. obtundere, obtusum; ob (see Ob-) +
tundere to strike or beat. See Stutter.]
To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull;
to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of
the gall. [Archaic]
--Harvey.
They . . . have filled all our law books with the
obtunding story of their suits and trials.
--Milton.
Wiktionary
obtunding
vb. (present participle of obtund English)
Usage examples of "obtunding".
Both admitted the alternately stimulating and obtunding influence of heterosexual magnetism.