benumb : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: benumb	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for benumb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
benumb v make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" Synonym(s): numb, benumb, blunt, dull
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.