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retund
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retund, 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. [1913 Webster]
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