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Benumbed
(gcide) | Benumb \Be*numb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benumbed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Benumbing.] [OE. binomen, p. p. of binimen to take away,
AS. beniman; pref. be + niman to take. See Numb, a., and
cf. Benim.]
To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to
stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.
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The creeping death benumbed her senses first. --Dryden.
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Benumbed
(gcide) | Benumbed \Be*numbed"\, a.
Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body
and mind. -- Be*numbed"ness, n.
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benumbed
(wn) | benumbed
adj 1: lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
[syn: asleep(p), benumbed, numb]
2: having lost or been caused to lose interest because of
overexposure; "the mind of the audience is becoming dulled";
"the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond"
[syn: dulled, benumbed] |
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Benumbedness
(gcide) | Benumbed \Be*numbed"\, a.
Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body
and mind. -- Be*numbed"ness, n.
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benumbed
(wn) | benumbed
adj 1: lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
[syn: asleep(p), benumbed, numb]
2: having lost or been caused to lose interest because of
overexposure; "the mind of the audience is becoming dulled";
"the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond"
[syn: dulled, benumbed] |
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