RETUND

retund. Retund, v.t. to blunt, turn the edge, weaken

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Re‐tund″ (?), v. t. [[L. retundere, retusum; pref. re- re- + tundere to beat.]] To blunt; to turn, as an edge; figuratively, to cause to be obtuse or dull; as, to retund confidence. Ray. Cudworth.