v. [f. BE- + DULL v.] To make dull. Hence Bedulling ppl. a.

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a. 1617.  Hieron, Wks. (1620), II. 380. Time … bedulleth the tendernes of his [man’s] conscience.

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1836.  Blackw. Mag., XL. 724. A mist bedulls mine eyes.

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1656.  Trapp, Comm. 1 Thess. v. 17. A lazy, customary, bedulling strain.

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