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benumbed, ppl. a.|bɪˈnʌmd|
[pa. pple. of prec. vb., taking the place of the earlier benomen, benome, pa. pple. of benim: see benumb ppl. a.]
Rendered torpid or numb; deprived of strength or the power of motion by a chilling influence. lit. and transf. as in benumb v. 1 and 2.
1547Boorde Brev. Health cclxxi. 90 b, The one legge and the one arme is benomed or astouned. 1624Capt. Smith Virginia iii. ii. 46 They chafed his benummed limbs. 1691Norris Pract. Disc. 174 The torpid and benumm'd World. 1704J. Trapp Abra-Mule ii. i. 440 To melt the most benumn'd of Hearts. 1861Geo. Eliot Silas M. 12 Silas Marner's benumbed faith. 1870Hawthorne Eng. Note-Bks. (1879) II. 34 Our benumbed bodies. |