bedumb

== English == === Etymology === From be- +‎ dumb. Compare Middle English adumbien, from Old English ādumbian (“to become mute or dumb, keep silence, hold one’s peace”). === Verb === bedumb (third-person singular simple present bedumbs, present participle bedumbing, simple past and past participle bedumbed) (transitive) To make or render dumb, or mute.