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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference;

as, the

deadness

of a limb, a body, or a tree; the

deadness

of an eye;

deadness

of the affections; the

deadness

of beer or cider;

deadness

to the world, and the like.

Noun.

ded'ness.