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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)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) numb, benumb, blunt, dull
make numb or insensitive
"The shock numbed her senses"
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Webster Dictionary |
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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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