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 Definitions of benumb  [ɪˈnʌm]  

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Definition of 'benumb' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) benumb
to make numb; deprive of sensation:
benumbed by cold.

2.  benumb
to render inactive; stupefy.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; back formation from ME benomen, ptp. of benimen to take away, OE beniman; see be -, numb)

Definition of 'benumb' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) numb, benumb, blunt, dull
make numb or insensitive
"The shock numbed her senses"


Definition of 'benumb' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) benumb
to make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold



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