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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Benumverb

    Etymology: benumen, Saxon.

    So stings a snake that to the fire is brought,
    Which harmless lay with cold benumm’d before. Edward Fairfax, b. ii. stanz. 85.

    The winds blow moist and keen, which bids us seek
    Some better shroud, some better warmth, to cherish
    Our limbs benumm’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x. l. 1069.

    My sinews slacken, and an icy stiffness
    Benums my blood. John Denham, Sophy.

    It seizes upon the vitals, and benums the senses; and where there is no sense, there can be no pain. South.

    Will they be the less dangerous, when warmth shall bring them to themselves, because they were once frozen and benummed with cold? Roger L'Estrange, fab. ix.

    These accents were her last: the creeping death
    Benumm’d her senses first, then stopp’d her breath. Dryden.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Benum in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Benum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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