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pal·sy1

Audio Help [pawl-zee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -sies, verb, -sied, -sy·ing.

–noun

1.	any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.

2.	paralysis (def. 1b).

–verb (used with object)

3.	to paralyze.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME, var. of parlesie < MF paralisie < L paralysis paralysis

]

—Related forms

pal·sy·like, adjective

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pal·sy2

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–adjective Slang.

palsy-walsy.

[Origin: 1925–30; pal + -sy

]

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pal·sy Audio Help (pôl'zē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. pal·sies

Complete or partial muscle paralysis, often accompanied by loss of sensation and uncontrollable body movements or tremors.
1. A weakening or debilitating influence.
2. An enfeebled condition or debilitated state thought to result from such an influence.
A fit of strong emotion marked by the inability to act: "Flaherty dithered in a little palsy of indignation" (Anthony Burgess).

tr.v. pal·sied, pal·sy·ing, pal·sies

1. To paralyze.
2. To deprive of strength.
To make helpless, as with fear.

[Middle English palsie, alteration of Old French paralisie, alteration of Latin paralysis; see paralysis.]

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palsy

"disease causing paralysis," c.1290, palesie, from Anglo-Fr. parlesie, O.Fr. paralisie, from L. paralysis (see paralysis).

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palsy
noun
1.	loss of the ability to move a body part [syn: paralysis]
2.	a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor
verb
1.	affect with palsy

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pal·sy (pôlz)
n.

Complete or partial muscle paralysis, often accompanied by loss of sensation and uncontrollable body movements or tremors.

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Main Entry: pal·sy
Pronunciation: 'pol-zE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural pal·sies
1 : PARALYSIS —used chiefly in combination <oculomotor palsy>; —see BELL'S PALSY CEREBRAL PALSY
2 : a condition that is characterized by uncontrollable tremor or quivering of the body or one or more of its parts —not used technically

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Palsy

Lose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Losing.] [OE. losien to loose, be lost, lose, AS. losian to become loose; akin to OE. leosen to lose, p. p. loren, lorn, AS. le['o]san, p. p. loren (in comp.), D. verliezen, G. verlieren, Dan. forlise, Sw. f["o]rlisa, f["o]rlora, Goth. fraliusan, also to E. loose, a & v., L. luere to loose, Gr. ?, Skr. l? to cut. [root]127. Cf. Analysis, Palsy, Solve, Forlorn, Leasing, Loose, Loss.]

1. To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle.

Fair Venus wept the sad disaster Of having lost her favorite dove. --Prior.

2. To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health.

If the salt hath lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted ? --Matt. v. 13.

3. Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction.

The unhappy have but hours, and these they lose. --Dryden.

4. To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way.

He hath lost his fellows. --Shak

5. To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge.

The woman that deliberates is lost. --Addison.

6. To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd.

Like following life thro' creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope.

7. To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I lost a part of what he said.

He shall in no wise lose his reward. --Matt. x. 42.

I fought the battle bravely which I lost, And lost it but to Macedonians. --Dryden.

8. To cause to part with; to deprive of. [R.]

How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion ? --Sir W. Temple.

9. To prevent from gaining or obtaining.

O false heart ! thou hadst almost betrayed me to eternal flames, and lost me this glory. --Baxter.

To lose ground, to fall behind; to suffer gradual loss or disadvantage.

To lose heart, to lose courage; to become timid. "The mutineers lost heart." --Macaulay.

To lose one's head, to be thrown off one's balance; to lose the use of one's good sense or judgment.

In the excitement of such a discovery, many scholars lost their heads. --Whitney.

To lose one's self. (a) To forget or mistake the bearing of surrounding objects; as, to lose one's self in a great city. (b) To have the perceptive and rational power temporarily suspended; as, we lose ourselves in sleep.

To lose sight of. (a) To cease to see; as, to lose sight of the land. (b) To overlook; to forget; to fail to perceive; as, he lost sight of the issue.

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Palsy

Pal"si*cal\, a.[From Palsy.] Affected with palsy; palsied; paralytic. [R.] --Johnson.

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Palsy

a shorter form of "paralysis." Many persons thus afflicted were cured by our Lord (Matt. 4:24; 8:5-13; 9:2-7; Mark 2:3-11; Luke 7:2-10; John 5:5-7) and the apostles (Acts 8:7; 9:33, 34).

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