Ob·tund v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtunded; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtunding.] 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]
They . . . have filled all our law books with the obtunding story of their suits and trials. --Milton.
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