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be·numb       (bĭ-nŭm')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   be·numbed, be·numb·ing, be·numbs
  1. To make numb, especially by cold.
  2. To make inactive; dull: "The anesthetic afternoon benumbs, sickens our senses" (Karl Shapiro). See Synonyms at daze.


[Middle English binomen, from past participle of binimen, to take away, from Old English beniman : be-, away; see be- + niman, to take; see numb.]

be·numb'ment n.
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