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Deafness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. , dee'fness.

2. Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impressions which constitute hearing; as the deafness of the ears: hence, applied to persons, want of the sense of hearing.

3. Unwillingness to hear and regard; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the ear and to the understanding.

Deafness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.

2. Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the understanding.

Deafness Encyclopedia Britannica

DEAFNESS. See Ear. < a ∙ la ∙)

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 7, p. 12
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