Definition
To make deaf or deafen; an archaic term for causing deafness or muffling sound.
Etymology
From Middle English 'be-' (prefix making causative verbs) + 'deafen' (to make deaf). This represents a doubling of the 'en' suffix, creating a more emphatic form.
Kelly Says
Words like 'bedeafen' reveal that medieval writers loved using amplified forms—adding both 'be-' and '-en' together created words with intensified meanings that felt more powerful to readers of that era.
Translations
ARالعربية
إعاقة سمع
i-a-qa-at sam-ee
BNবাংলা
বধির করে
ba-dhir kore
CACatalà
deixar sord
de-yar soord
CSČeština
ztichnout
z-tich-nout
DADansk
gøre døv
go-re doev
DEDeutsch
taub machen
taub ma-ken
ELΕλληνικά
αφήστε σιωπής
a-fiste see-o-pees
ESEspañol
hacer sordo
a-ser sor-do
FISuomi
tehdä kuurona
tehd-a koo-ro-na
FRFrançais
faire sourd
faire soor
GUGU
સાંભળી શકતા
saan-bhal-ee shak-ta
HEעברית
להפוך עיוור
le-hpokh ee-v-oor
HIहिन्दी
बधिर बनाना
ba-dhir ba-na-na
HUMagyar
némavá tenni
ne-ma-va ten-ni
IDBahasa Indonesia
membuat tuli
mem-buat too-li
ITItaliano
rendere sordo
ren-de-re sor-do
JA日本語
難聴にする
nan-cho-o ni-ru
KO한국어
무명하게 만들다
mu-myeong-ha-ge man-da-da
MRMR
कर्णशून्य
kar-n-shun-ya
MSBahasa Melayu
membuat tuli
mem-buat too-li
NLNederlands
doof maken
doof ma-ken
NONorsk
gjøre døv
yo-re doev
PLPolski
usłyszeć
oo-slys-zee
PTPortuguês
deixar surdo
de-jar soor-do
RORomână
a face surd
a fa-ce soor-d
RUРусский
оглушить
o-glu-shit
SVSvenska
göra döv
go-ra doev
SWKiswahili
fanya kimya
fa-nya ki-mya
TAதமிழ்
பேச்சு இழக்க
paech-chu i-zha-ka
TEతెలుగు
చెవి పోవు
che-vi po-vu
THไทย
ทำให้หูหนวก
thae-hae hoo-nong
TLTL
maging bingi
ma-ging bin-gee
TRTürkçe
sağırlık
sa-gir-lik
UKУкраїнська
оглушити
o-glu-sheet
VITiếng Việt
làm điếc
lam dee-ec
ZH中文
使人失聪
shi ren shi cong