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2 definitions found 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: benumb v : make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" [syn: {numb}, {blunt}, {dull}]
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