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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
The creeping death benumbed her senses first --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Benumbed \Be*numbed"\, a.
Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as a benumbed body
and mind. -- {Be*numbed"ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
benumbed
adj 1: lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
[syn: {asleep(p)}, {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}]
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