01 v. t. To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.
imp. & p. p.
Benumbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Benumbing
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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.