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Definition of Retund
1. v. t. To blunt; to turn, as an edge; figuratively, to cause to be obtuse or dull; as, to retund confidence.
Definition of Retund
1. Verb. To blunt; to turn, as an edge. ¹
2. Verb. (figuratively) To cause to be obtuse or dull. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Retund
1. to blunt [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: blunt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retund
Literary usage of Retund
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Parish Register Society, London, London Parish Register Society, Florida State Historical Society, Deland, Deland Florida State Historical Society, Reparations Commission, North Carolina Historical Commission, Yorkshire Philosophical Society, Yorkshire (1901)
"Nicholas Kirby Buried March ,5th Affidavit retund March 7th. Robert Turner and
Mary Richardson were married Feb. 16th. Robt Luck jun Rect. ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... hunt, kick, hurry, hoot, hunger (rare), beat, constrain, urge, frighten, worry,
dispel, dissipate, reverberate (rare), reper- cuse, retund (rare), ..."
3. A New Theory of Vision and Other Select Philosophical Writings by George Berkeley, Alexander Dunlop Lindsay Lindsay (1922)
"Further, the air being variously impregnated, sometimes more and sometimes less
with vapours and exhalations fitted to retund and intercept the rays of ..."
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