† beclumpsev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To benumb.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > render physically insensible [verb (transitive)] > by cold
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > make cold [verb (transitive)] > give sensation of cold to > numb with cold
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Glacer,..to benumme, beclumpse.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxi. 257 Certain Drugs..do..benumb, mortifie and beclumpse with Cold the prolifick Semence.
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