[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

deaf \deaf\ ?; 277, v. t.
   to deafen. obs. --dryden.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

deaf \deaf\ de^f or d=ef; 277, a. oe. def, deaf, deef,
   as. de'af; akin to d. doof, g. taub, icel. daufr, dan.
   d"ov, sw. d"of, goth. daubs, and prob. to e. dumb the
   original sense being, dull as applied to one of the senses,
   and perh. to gr. tyflo`s for qyflo`s blind, ty^fos smoke,
   vapor, folly, and to g. toben to rage. cf. dumb.
   1. wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part;
      unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf
      man.
      1913 webster

            come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive;
      regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or
      exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason.
      1913 webster

            o, that men's ears should be
            to counsel deaf, but not to flattery --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.
      1913 webster

            deaf with the noise, i took my hasty flight.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. r.
      1913 webster

            a deaf murmur through the squadron went. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   5. decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn. obs.
      or prov. eng. --halliwell.
      1913 webster

            if the season be unkindly and intemperate, they
            peppers will catch a blast; and then the seeds
            will be deaf, void, light, and naught. --holland.
      1913 webster
see also:
dum 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

deaf
     adj 1: lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
            ant: hearinga
     2: usually followed by `to' unwilling or refusing to pay
        heed; "deaf to her warnings" syn: deafp, indifferentp
     n : people who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the
         deaf use sign language"
     v : make or render deaf; "a deafening noise" syn: deafen
see also:
hearinga deafp indifferentp deafen 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

77 moby thesaurus words for "deaf":
   authoritarian, bigot, bigoted, blind, borne, bullheaded, closed,
   constricted, cramped, creedbound, deaf and dumb, deaf to reason,
   deaf-eared, deaf-mute, deafened, dogmatic, dull-eared, earless,
   fanatical, hard of hearing, headstrong, heedless, hidebound,
   illiberal, impervious, indifferent, insensible, insensitive,
   insular, intractable, little, little-minded, mean, mean-minded,
   mean-spirited, mulish, narrow, narrow-hearted, narrow-minded,
   narrow-souled, narrow-spirited, nearsighted, oblivious, parochial,
   pertinacious, perverse, petty, pigheaded, positive, preoccupied,
   provincial, purblind, self-willed, shortsighted, small,
   small-minded, stone-deaf, straitlaced, stubborn, stuffy, stunned,
   surd, thick of hearing, tone-deaf, uncatholic, uncharitable,
   unconcerned, unconscious, ungenerous, unhearing, unheedful,
   unliberal, unmoved, unpersuadable, unresponsive, unyielding,
   word-deaf

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

deaf, dumb, and blind. a man born deaf, dumb, and blind, is considered an 
idiot. q.v. 1 bl. com. 304; f. n. b. 233; 2 bouv. inst. n. 2111. 

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