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.
| 1547 Boorde Brev. Health cclxxi. 90 b, The one legge and the one arme is benomed or astouned. 1624 Capt. Smith Virginia iii. ii. 46 They chafed his benummed limbs. 1691 Norris Pract. Disc. 174 The torpid and benumm'd World. 1704 J. Trapp Abra-Mule ii. i. 440 To melt the most benumn'd of Hearts. 1861 Geo. Eliot Silas M. 12 Silas Marner's benumbed faith. 1870 Hawthorne Eng. Note-Bks. (1879) II. 34 Our benumbed bodies. |